BEHIND THE RAINBOW | Directed by: Jihan El-Tahri, Produced by: Steven Markovitz | |
With the 2009 presidential election ahead, BEHIND THE RAINBOW is an untold account of South Africašs political problems, struggles and realities.
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Jihan El-Tahri
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Jihan El-Tahri, Director/Producer Jihan El-Tahri was born in Beirut, Lebanon and is an award-winning writer/director and producer. She received her MA in Political Science from the American University in Cairo. From 1984 to 1990, she worked as a news correspondent covering politics in the Middle East with U.S. News and World Report and Reuters. She has produced and directed numerous documentaries, her most recent being the award-winning and Emmy-nominated House of Saud (BBC/ARTE/PBS/NHK). Other films include: the ARTE documentary Price of Aid, The Tragedy of the Great Lakes (Canal +/ ARTE) and the six-part series Israel and the Arabs (BBC 2), for which she also co-authored the accompanying book, published by Penguin. |
Steven Markovitz
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Steven Markovitz, Producer Steven Markovitz runs Big World Cinema (BWC) along with Platon Trakoshis. BWC was established in 1994 and has produced a number of award-winning fiction films and documentaries. Recent documentary projects include executive producing the 13-part series Project 10: Real Stories from a Free South Africa (Sundance, Berlin, Hot Docs, Tribeca, IDFA); The Tap (2003 Best South African Documentary: Apollo Festival and Stone Awards); and It’s My Life, an award-winning film sold to multiple territories including BBC/ARTE/Sundance. BWC’s fiction projects include Inja (Oscar nomination, 2003), Husk (Cannes competition, 1999), Proteus (Berlin, Toronto, 2003) and Boy Called Twist (Cannes, 2005). Big World Cinema also co-founded and runs Encounters - South African International Documentary Festival. Read more about the film >> View more filmmakers >> |
