Parine Jaddo

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Parine Jaddo
Born
Baghdad, Iraq
Nationality Iraqi
Occupation Filmmaker
Known for Rasta's Paradise
Website http://parinejaddo.com/

Parine Jaddo (born in Baghdad, Iraq [1] in 1956) is an Iraqi Arab American [2] film director.

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Biography

Jaddo was born in Baghdad into a working class intellectual and artistic family that was forced to move frequently due to political turmoil in the Middle East. Her family escaped from Iraq and moved to Lebanon where she had studied biology at the American University of Beirut with plans to become a medical doctor but soon her family fled Lebanon when civil war broke out in the mid-'70s despite her staying to finish her degree, where she was sheltered by an American couple from San Diego. [1]

Following the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, Jaddo came to the U.S. She attended Howard University, where she completed her master's in fine arts with a speciality in film in 1995. [3]

The short movie Aisha, was shot on a 35mm film while a film professor at Howard University and was filmed on the eve of the first American conflict with Iraq. This movie was screened at the Women's Museum of Art in Washington DC. [1]

She has also worked on Sankofa with the Ethiopian film maker Haile Gerima. [4]

Her first documentary, Broken Record, which was inspired by the passing of her mother, was screened at the Reel Iraq festival in the United Kingdom in 2013. [5]

She currently resides and works in Beirut, Lebanon, where she has collaborated with the Arab Image Foundation [6] and taught film courses at a number of universities. [7]

Filmography

Awards

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Thinly Veiled Contempt:Filmmaker Parine Jaddo observes the frustrations of Muslim women
  2. ↑ Parine Jaddo - Iraqi-born filmmaker, talks about her film "Atash" and her work in progress. She also discusses her experience as an Arab woman filmmaker and debates around identity and culture.
  3. ↑ "Parine Jaddo". Highlight Arts. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  4. ↑ Noble messages in Rasta’s Paradise
  5. ↑ "Festival showcases Reel Iraq". New Internationalist. 2013-03-14. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  6. ↑ d'Arles, Les Rencontres. "Des possibles de la photographie". www.rencontres-arles.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  7. 1 2 "Ashkal Alwan - Broken Record by Parine Jaddo". ashkalalwan.org. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  8. ↑ Tregenza, Rob (1999-01-15), Inside/Out (Drama), Stefania Rocca, Frédéric Pierrot, Bérangère Allaux, Mikkel Gaup, Baltimore Film Factory, Parallel Pictures, retrieved 2021-03-12
  9. ↑ "IMDb: Aisha".
  10. ↑ "IMDb: Tayh".
  11. ↑ "Parine Jaddo: Rasta's Paradise".
  12. ↑ "Parine Jaddo: Broken Record".
  13. ↑ AISHA: A Movie Written & Directed by Parine Jaddo Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
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