the dressmakers
a documentary about people making clothes in Morocco
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THE DRESSMAKERS, a feature-length documentary, contrasts the slow pace of artisanal clothes-making with the fast pace of the competitive textiles industry in Morocco, inviting a re-examination of the values represented by the clothing that people wear.
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to be released this summer! sign up for our mailing list for updates
featuring the fashions of SALIMA ABDEL-WAHAB (visit her site), the urban arts festival FESTIMODE and the clothes of ABSALAM SBARI
About THE DRESSMAKERS:
> production began in casablanca and tangier, morocco in 2008. we are editing and are currently raising funding for post-production and distribution. support our work > > >
> THE DRESSMAKERS is a light projects documentary, directed by shara k. lange, produced by shara k. lange & javier bonafont, director of photography is daniel h. vanzant, sound design & mix by korey pereira, illustrations by beth frey, animations by jose david garcia gilling, design by jimmy luu and diego padilla, translations by mohammed ouazzani, sumayya ahmed and hamadouche beticha, production assistance from anita prewett and joanna rabiger, production support from fulbright/macece, the american institute of maghreb studies, and kickstarter (stay tuned for our distribution fundraiser--coming soon!)
> check out some notes & photographs from the documentary in progress > > > DOWNLOAD PDF
LEARN MORE: Related Books & Articles:
> Reading Morocco, a blog - Sumayya Ahmed - visit
> NY Times: Stylish Tangier - visit
