Jihan El-Tahri Quotes

• African cinema doesn't have an African industry at all and that's where our problem arises. We come to all of these initiatives with a lot of suspicion because we're so inhabited by the notion of being colonized, the post-colonial thought that someone wants us to do something that is their interest and not ours and even it's not true, there's the suspicion of it like where is this going?

  Jihan El-Tahri

  Want, Cinema, Problem

  Fuente: blogs.indiewire.com

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• El negro no es una noción. África no es un color. África es una cultura. Así que puedes ser negro como el carbón y yo soy de mi color, pero soy más africano de lo que tú nunca podrás ser porque culturalmente hay ciertas cosas que tú no entiendes.

  Jihan El-Tahri

  Color, Black, Culture

  "Africa First 2012 Profile: Advisor Jihan El-Tahri On Pressures, Successes & Criticisms Of Program". Interview with Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. April 10, 2012.

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• I think having six people all with different energies and different perceptions all working around a script is quite profound. It’s not about, oh that’s what you should be doing.

  Jihan El-Tahri

  Thinking, People, Profound

  "Africa First 2012 Profile: Advisor Jihan El-Tahri On Pressures, Successes & Criticisms Of Program". Interview with Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. April 10, 2012.

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• Me parece absolutamente fantástica la combinación del principal elemento estructural para el crecimiento de un cineasta. Son los conocimientos técnicos, algo de dinero para ponerse manos a la obra y el sueño de que siempre puede crecer.

  Jihan El-Tahri

  Dream, Thinking, Giving

  Fuente: blogs.indiewire.com

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• There's always criticism in any process and I think that's a healthy thing.

  Jihan El-Tahri

  Thinking, Healthy, Criticism

  "Africa First 2012 Profile: Advisor Jihan El-Tahri On Pressures, Successes & Criticisms Of Program". Interview with Tambay A. Obenson Apr 10, 2012 2:30 pm, www.indiewire.com. April 10, 2012.

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• If the young filmmakers ask themselves enough questions and come up with enough answers and get the scripts tight enough.

  Jihan El-Tahri

  Answers, Scripts, Enough

  "Africa First 2012 Profile: Advisor Jihan El-Tahri On Pressures, Successes & Criticisms Of Program". Interview with Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. April 10, 2012.

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• What is most important is that the brand African cinema is going beyond African cinema.

  Jihan El-Tahri

  Important, Cinema, Brands

  "Africa First 2012 Profile: Advisor Jihan El-Tahri On Pressures, Successes & Criticisms Of Program". Interview with Tambay A. Obenson, www.indiewire.com. April 10, 2012.

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