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Sarah Ibrahim
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Syiling Opah · 2019Syiling Opah
2019
Movie
# The story of a grandmother who loses her only child and son-in-law in a road accident and is forced to bear the responsibility of caring for her surviving granddaughter. Opah Som (Kalsom) lives alone in the village, struggling to make ends meet and constantly saving spare change for her savings. At the same time, she deeply misses the presence of her daughter, Suhaila, and her son-in-law, Hairi. They have never returned to the village to visit Opah Som since their marriage. Suhaila and Hairi were forced to marry at a young age and since then, Kalsom has lived alone in the village. When Hairi loses his job, he brings his wife Suhaila and their child, Diana, back to the village to start a new life. However, a quarrel between Suhaila and her mother, Kalsom, changes everything. Kalsom is forced to care for her granddaughter and Diana is forced to live in hardship.
The Dance of Olive Trees in the Wind · 2020The Dance of Olive Trees in the Wind
2020
MovieDocumentary
In a collaboration between artist Sarah Ibrahim and Mohammed AlFaraj, the film provides artistic documentation of their experiences in improvisation and trying to draw inspiration from olive tree fields and neglected brick factories around the village of El Brock in Catalonia. A state in which the body dances like a tree in the wind, to the melodies of scrap, bricks, and rusty metal.
When Light is Displaced · 2021When Light is Displaced
2021
MovieDocumentary
A documentary capturing an orange grove shortly before it is to be developed.
A Guide For When Immigrants Become Ancestors · 2022A Guide For When Immigrants Become Ancestors
2022
Movie
An intimate portrait of a fourth-generation Mexican Filipino American as they navigate what it means to inherit an identity rooted in cultural memory.