Julia Bacha Quotes

Julia Bacha — Brazilian Director born on December 29, 1980,

Julia Bacha is a Brazilian documentary filmmaker. She is a media strategist and award-winning filmmaker whose work has been exhibited at Sundance, Tribeca, Berlin, Jerusalem, and Dubai International Film Festivals, and broadcast on the BBC, HBO, Al Jazeera and Al Arabiya television channels. Since graduating Magna Cum Laude from the Columbia University School of General Studies in 2003, she has strategically used film to highlight under documented stories from the Middle East... (wikipedia)

A film seeking to create change on a difficult issue should not try to provide a definitive historical overview, nor present an op-ed style argument.

Non-violence is not glamorous, and you don't see the effects right away.

When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University.

History was always the subject that I loved the most, and I felt it gave me the deepest sense of our humanity and who we are and where we're going.

At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end, powerful protagonists that audiences can identify with, and a dramatic arc that is able to capture and hold viewers' intellectual and emotional attention.

Julia Bacha Quotes

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