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Can You See Him Now?

Synopsis

The colonial project produced billions of images of ‘exotic’ women and distributed them worldwide. This collage-film poses the question whether these images can be seen from new perspectives to reveal not only their violent and constructed nature, but also the presence of the invisible image-maker.

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 min 33 sec
Director
Taqwa Sadiq
Producer
Taqwa Sadiq
Editor
Taqwa Sadiq
Director of Photography
Camera: Taqwa Sadiq, Christian Caller
Sound
Taqwa Sadiq

Genre

Experimental Woman Director

Categories

Documentary Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Taqwa Sadiq

Sales Company

Taqwa Sadiq

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