My Name Is Not Ali

My Name Is Not Ali 2011 Directed by Viola Shafik Jannat 'Ali

Travelling between Germany, France, and Tunisia, Viola Shafik reconstructs and deconstructs the unknown life story of El Hedi Ben Salem through interviews with his companions and family members as well as archival material. With openness and slight naivety, the interviewees explain how “Ali” became an oriental object of projection for the Fassbinder group, while El Hedi Ben Salem, the human being, was overlooked in order to establish the foreigner as “other.” A no-frills examination of a piece of German and Munich film history.

Country Germany

Production Countries Egypt , Germany

Language German

Spoken Languages Arabic , German

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Mec Film

Release Date 7 November 2011

98 mins