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Executive Producer and Host for A digital series Called “MAHARAT: producing in Unproductive Times” created for EMERGING producers in the Arab Region
Click HERE to watch the filmed episodes
Podcast Episodes w/ River Conversations
SERIES CREDITS
Christopher Hibma, Host + Executive Producer
Abdullah Al-Kafri, Executive Director
Christine Youakim, Program Manager
Basma Baydoun, Program Officer
Jennifer Jahjah, Program Officer
Jake Yuzna, Series Director
Adam El Sayigh, Series Script Writer
Kelly Gilpatrick, Series Local Producer
Adam Olson, Series Director of Photography
John Sims, Series Production Sound Mixer
Rachel Knoll, Series Second Camera
Willow Muscovitz, Teleprompter
Tyler Carlson, Production Assistant
An 8-episode series for Ettijahat-Independent Culture (Beirut) created for artists in the Arab Region that celebrates creative producers and the skills it takes to make things happen. Each episode examines unique aspects of producing live performance including:
Arab Work in Global Context
Pitching Your Work Internationally
Beyond the Region
Self-Producing
Fundamentals of Finance
Principles of Co-Production
Finding the Funding
Protecting Your Rights
Included in each episode is an extended “River Conversation” with guests including Rasha Salti (Beirut), Ahmed Al Attar (Cairo), Mike van Graan (Cape Town), Bashar Murkus & Khulood Basil (Haifa), Mara Isaacs (Princeton), Joseph Haj & Philip Bither (Minneapolis), Rima Mismar (Beirut), Christine Kuan (New York) and Mahmoud Imam (Cairo).