Salam Neighbor

Salam Neighbor
Directed byChris Temple and Zach Ingrasci
Produced byMohab Khattab, Salam Darwaza, Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple
CinematographySean Kusanagi
Edited byMohammed el Manasterly and Jennifer Tiexiera
Music byW.G. Snuffy Walden and A. Patrick Rose
Production
companies
Partnership: 1001 MEDIA and Living on One
Distributed byParticipant Media/Pivot
Release date
  • June 20, 2015 (2015-06-20) (AFI Docs Festival)
Running time
75 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Jordan
LanguagesEnglish, Arabic (with English subtitles)
Zach Ingrasci sharing tea with Raouf, a refugee that was one of the subjects of the film.

Salam Neighbor is a 2015 documentary film by the production companies Living on One Dollar and 1001 MEDIA.[1][2] The title means "hello" neighbor.[3] The title has a dual meaning as the Arabic word "salam" also means "peace."[citation needed]

The film documents the experiences of American filmmakers Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple when they lived among 85,000 Syrians in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp, which lies seven miles from the Syrian border.[4] The filmmakers, who were the first allowed by the UN to register and set-up a tent inside a refugee camp,[5] spent a month[6] in Za'atari to cover what the UN Refugee Agency calls the world's most pressing humanitarian crisis.[7]

Salam Neighbor is a component of a three-part project focused on the Syrian refugee crisis: the documentary, a virtual reality (VR) film[8] and a social impact campaign.[9]

The film had its world premiere in Washington, DC at the AFI DOCS film festival on June 20, 2015.

  1. ^ Belhumeur, Jenna. "'Salam Neighbor' Explores Life Inside a Syrian Refugee Camp". WSJ. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ^ "These Filmmakers Were The First To Ever Live Inside A Refugee Camp". Co.Exist. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. ^ "Meet Your New Neighbors, The American Filmmakers". NPR.org. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. ^ Staff, James Barragan - American-Statesman. "'Salam Neighbor' puts human face on deadly Syrian conflict". www.mystatesman.com. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  5. ^ Belhumeur, Jenna. "'Salam Neighbor' Explores Life Inside a Syrian Refugee Camp". WSJ. Retrieved 2016-04-22.
  6. ^ "These Filmmakers Were The First To Ever Live Inside A Refugee Camp". Co.Exist. 2015-06-19. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  7. ^ UNHCR, Neil Hillman, Digital Engagement. "UNHCR | Refugees Daily". www.unhcr.org. Retrieved 2016-04-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Hot Docs Film Festival - DocX Virtual Reality and 360° Video". boxoffice.hotdocs.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  9. ^ McNary, Dave (2015-12-02). "Four AFI Documentaries to Receive Grants from NBCUniversal". Variety. Retrieved 2016-04-28.