''Salim Baba'' is a 2007 American short

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directed by Tim Sternberg. It was nominated for an

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for Best Documentary Short.

Content

The film follows Salim Muhammad, a 55-year-old man who lives in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

with his wife and children. Since the age of ten he has supported himself by screening discarded film scraps for area children. He uses a hand-cranked projector that he inherited from his father. A businessman as well as a cinephile, Salim runs his projector with his sons. He hopes that they will carry on this tradition.

Production

''Salim Baba'' was co-produced by Ropa Vieja Films and Paradox Smoke Productions, with a grant from the Urban Arts Initiative and financial support from the

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. The film was presented as part of

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's Opening Night shorts program on the evening of May 1, 2008.

References

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