feature documentary

prod. tubafilms

dir. khalid shamis

imam and i is the reason i came to the cape. this is the film about the life, death and legacy of imam abdullah haron, an islamic cleric who was labelled a terrorist by the security police in the 60s, detained in may 1969 and pronounced dead in september of the same year.

the imam was my grandfather and part of the film looks at how a grandson journeys to understand his grandfather when as child his memory is constructed around a mythical martyr figure.

i went into production on the film in 2005 and am now in post. good news is that I have received some funding from the NFVF and can now truck on with finishing the film.