Abstract
Making a documentary about a Muslim iconic figure in post-Apartheid South Africa can be a long and hard process. Intentions and goals have to be strongly set and kept, to allow one to carry on amidst financial difficulty, and apparent community support. This article is an account of my personal journey through the making of a documentary on the late Imam Abdullah Haron. I speak of the Imam in his community, the visual documentation of the Imam’s life, my personal experiences as a filmmaker from London in South Africa, and the development of my relationship with this man. It is concluded that this visual medium should be appropriated by Muslims in order to aid storytelling, and to give an accurate representation of their identity, rituals and beliefs to the rest of the world.
INTRODUCTION
In this article I will be discussing the process and pitfalls of the production of a documentary around a South African icon - Imam Abdullah Haron. A temporal and spatial account......
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