- Mithaq Kazimi
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Mithaq Kazimi Occupation Film director, producer, festival director Years active 1999–present Mithaq Kazimi (Pronunciation: Mi-sak Ka-zem-e) is a film director and producer, mostly known for his documentary film 16 Days in Afghanistan and founding member of Dawn Breakers International Film Festival. His other projects include a series of short films, Through Her Eyes [1] made in India with Bollywood cast and crew and a few public service announcement videos about HIV, Martin Luther King's speech and for Child Rights and You.[2] He also produced the widely-televised video Quenching The Light and recently a documentary about a CNN Hero's foundation, The Miracle Babies.[3]
He has appeared in major TV channels, including on a consecutive three week series on Salaam Afghanistan and the broadcast of his speech on Martin Luther King Day in San Diego Golden Hall via NBC and KPBS.[4] Many well-known musicians have provided the score for his film including Farhad Darya, Larry Porter, Ahmad Shah Hassan and Hariprasad Chaurasia.
The Hindu, India's second largest newspaper, noted Mithaq Kazimi's Through Her Eyes and Rituparno Ghosh’s Raincoat as the inspiration for the Tamil film Gnabagangal (2009).[5]
KDK Factory produces most of Kazimi's projects while also distributing films and multimedia products by other artists. In 2010, he made a film about the life of Azim Khamisa, Tariq Khamisa and Tony Hicks with the Tariq Khamisa Foundation.[6]
Recently, he has launched a personal blog called Perspactive in which he shares everyday thoughts, photos, videos and posts interviews with some prominent figures including camera inventor Ren Ng, author Julio Savi, comedian Aman Ali and others[7].
External links
References
- ^ http://afghanland.com/entertainment/movies.html
- ^ http://www.afghancounciluk.org/cinema.php
- ^ http://www.miraclebabies.org/
- ^ http://www.allpeoplesbreakfastsd.org/
- ^ http://www.hindu.com/cp/2009/07/10/stories/2009071050070300.htm
- ^ http://www.azimkhamisa.com/blogs/view/143517/?topic=17883
- ^ http://www.kdkfactory.com/perspactive/
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