Movie
My Name Is Not Ali
5.8/10
2011
1h 38m
de
Documentary
Overview
Travelling between Germany, France, and Tunisia, Viola Shafik reconstructs and deconstructs the unknown life story of El Hedi Ben Salem through interviews with his companions and family members as well as archival material. With openness and slight naivety, the interviewees explain how “Ali” became an oriental object of projection for the Fassbinder group, while El Hedi Ben Salem, the human being, was overlooked in order to establish the foreigner as “other.” A no-frills examination of a piece of German and Munich film history.
Director
Viola Shafik
Writers
Viola Shafik
Movie Information
Release Date
November 7, 2011
Runtime
1h 38m
Status
Released
Original Language
de
Vote Count
5
Production
Mec Film
