Meeting a credible movie maker

The chances of meeting someone very creative yet in a quite simple way is slim but I have been lucky enough to meet, someone who I would like to class as, one of the best video makers that I seen.

I was able to meet Saleem Reshamwala, also known as Kid Ethnic, who creates videos for the Beat Making Lab duo of Pierce Freelon and Stephen Levitin.  

   

In one of my earlier posts I had looked at the role of the two; Freelon and Levitin, in setting up the Beat Making Lab here in Fiji but Saleem plays the role of making short films of the time that the Beat Lab team spends in any country.

Saleem has been doing the same for the countries that the team has visited so far so, working with people from different countries in making short films which in turn gives a sort of video evidence about what the team  actually does on their trips. Some places the team has toured include Congo, Panama and Senegal.  

  

While having a small chat with Saleem I found out that he only he did not make use of any major software to create the videos that he has. He actually managed to make all most of his videos straight off his travel bag which is quite impressive. Adding to Saleem's creative ability is his down to earth nature mixing around with people as if he has known them for a very long time.

Saleem has, in one way or another, contributed to the success of the Beat Lab so far and PBS should be commended for supporting such a course whereby people from countries all around the world are now being taught the art of beat making.