Musicians, actors and artists
Barni Ahmed Qaasim (Barni Axmed Qaasim)
Barni Ahmed Qaasim is a Somali multimedia artist and documentary filmmaker in Arizona. Her first documentary, A Little Rebirth, was about her Somali community; she directed Catching Babies, on midwifery at the US-Mexico border, which won a women's health prize in 2013, and she sits on the board of the Somali Association of Arizona.
Barni Ahmed QaasimBarni Axmed Qaasim
- Known as one of
- Musicians, actors and artists
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
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Who is she?
Barni Ahmed Qaasim is a Somali multimedia artist and filmmaker whose work covers photo and video journalism, music videos and documentaries (Wikipedia, Barni Ahmed Qaasim). She holds a BA in political science and an MA in broadcasting (same source).
Film work
From 2004 to 2009 she belonged to Third World Majority, a media collective in Oakland, California, and later became its director of production (Wikipedia). From 2008 to 2012 she taught video production to young people for Seventh Native American Generation magazine (same source).
Her first documentary, A Little Rebirth, was about her Somali community and won an award from the Somali Association of Arizona (same source). She directed and produced Catching Babies, a feature documentary on midwifery on the US-Mexico border, which won the Excellence in Documenting Women's Health prize from Puente a la Salud in 2013 (same source). She was associate producer of Under Arpaio, which won Best of Arizona at the 2012 Arizona International Film Festival (same source).
Community
She has worked with the Somali Association of Arizona since 2006 and sits on its board (same source). See Somalis in Phoenix.
In short
A Somali filmmaker in Arizona whose documentaries cover her community and women's health.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Barni Ahmed Qaasim · en.wikipedia.org
Barni Ahmed QaasimBarni Axmed Qaasim
- Known as one of
- Musicians, actors and artists
- Era
- Rebuilding without a state, 1991 to 2012; Who holds power, 2012 to now
- Sources
- 1 sources
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