Draft:Jessica Beshir
Jessica Beshir | |
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| Born | 1988  Mexico City |
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| Occupation | Film director |
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| Website | https://jessica-beshir-78n5.squarespace.com/ |
Jessica Beshir (born 1988) is an Ethiopian-Mexican documentary filmmaker, best known for her film Faya Dayi (2021).
Jessica Beshir was born in Mexico City, the daughter of a Mexican mother and an Ethiopian father who was studying medicine in Mexico. Her father brought the family to Harar, Ethiopia, where Beshir grew up. When she was a teenager, the family fled Ethiopia and returned to Mexico. [1][2] She graduated with a degree in film and literature from UCLA.[3]
Her documentary short film He Who Dances on Wood (2016) is about a man, Fred Nelson, who practices tap dancing on a block of wood in a tunnel in Prospect Park.[4] The film was awarded Best International Documentary Short at the Edmonton Film Festival and the Jury Award at the Anchorage International Film Festival.[5] Her documentary short Hairat (2017) is about Abba Yussuf, the "Hyena Man of Harar" who came to international attention through the documentary series Planet Earth II.[6] Hairat premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[5]
Filmography
[edit]- He Who Dances on Wood (2016, short doc),
- Hairat (2017, short),
- Heroin (2017, short doc),
- Faya Dayi (2021, doc)
References
[edit]- ^ "Eye For Film: Interview with Jessica Bashir about Faya Dayi". www.eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ Kit, Festival (2022-08-10). "Interview With Jessica Beshir on FAYA DAYI -" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "Personnes | Africultures : Beshir Jessica". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "'He Who Dances on Wood' and finding yourself". 2023-09-01. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ a b "Jessica Beshir". IFFR EN. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
- ^ "Hairat (2016) Movie Review from Eye for Film". www.eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-09.