Belahdan… with Ahmed
Why do they hate us…
Partnership between
TPT’s MN Channel and Belahdan
Belahdan
Arab American TV show
952-933-6825
Dear Sir or Madam
Right after the tragedy of 9/11 a question was raised
addressing the sanity of Arab/Muslim world… why do they hate us… Arabs and
Moslems have been usually defined by the main stream media as either villain or
victims. We need to tell the stories of Arab as they really are. That got me
thinking, how we can assure that Arab the Americans story is told without any
distortion or exaggeration; very simple, it needs to be told by Arabs
themselves.
Are Arabs/Moslems inherently
hateful creatures? Do Muslims hate
I’m very excited to announce
that Belahdan and Twin Cities Public Television are working together on a new
TV project called “Why do they hate us”. The program will be a journalistic
examination of the complexity of the relationship between Egyptians and
America/Americans in the post 9/11 era.
We
are asking you today to help us in producing this special program so we can
raise awareness of the rich culture blending of East and West and to encourage
acceptance of diversity and enrich the cross-cultural dialog.
Here are the objectives of
this special project:
1. Bring the two communities into the culture
diversity realm.
2. Introduce the Arab culture to the American
community at large in the context of their own experience.
3. Introduce the different views of Egyptians
through alternative TV programming that has the patience to cover and bring the
complexity of this issue.
4. Give the Arab another voice to represent their
stories through their own stories.
Time
Schedule:
Launching the project: Winter
of 2006
Shooting
Cost:
Salary $1590
Equipments $730
Traveling $1485
Tapes $544
Projected tpt production coast
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PROJECT STAFF / ADMINISTRATION |
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$5,630 |
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Line Producer (12 hours total), Producer (120
hours total) working closely with Ahmed |
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FIELD PRODUCTION |
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POST
PRODUCTION |
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$4,134 |
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3 days (30 hours) to edit with 4 hours design
time and 2 weeks of offline for Steve and Ahmed to shape story |
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DUBBING / TRANSFER |
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$648 |
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final dubs; DVCam & a dvd master to Ahmed
and to server for air. Assumes half
hour show open captioned (subtitled) |
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PRODUCTION
TOTAL |
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$10,411 |
GRAND TOTAL (Production and
Ahmed) $14,760
Thank you so much for all your
help, we are looking forward to hear from you soon.
Here are some of the
fascinating and diverse guests we hosted during the past year, 2001:
- Jihan Sadat, the widow of the former Egyptian
president Anwar Sadat; a leader in the world peace movement, women’s and
children’s rights
- Tom Heffelfinger, former US Attorney
- Tim Pawlenty, Gov. of
- R. T Rybak, Mayor of
- Hend Al-Mansour, Saudi artist and women’s activist
- Emmet Carson, President of the
- Peter Thomson, Voice in the wilderness
- Moshe Git, Israeli Lawyer
- George Lamamme Orchestra, Lebanese musicians
Your sponsorship of this project
will help us make sure that we continue to bring world-class programming and
keep the dialog between people of good will, now more than ever. Thank you
Yours,
Ahmed Tharwat/ Producer of
BelAhdan
952-933-6825
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