Little Rebel is a production of REEL WITNESS and is a story about Isatou Jallow — a remarkable West African woman from The Gambia, and now Seattle resident. Since seeking asylum in the USA in 2012, Isatou has pursued graduate degrees at the UW Law School while she continuously advocates for women, asylees and people with disabilities. Dimensions of Isatou’s epic journey—from her origins and physical hardships to scholarship, becoming a lawyer and leader, demonstrating an ultimate resiliency and altruism— are deeply human, harrowing, transcendent, tenacious…and part of the American immigrant story.
Following the success of Little Rebel, and in light of the USA’s political climate, REEL WITNESS continues turning-up refugee voices of the Pacific Northwest via film. RW has started filming the life of Hameed — a young Muslim who left everything behind in war-torn Iraq at 16, in a solo quest for a brighter more peaceable future. Now 22, like Isatou of Little Rebel, his salvation is scholarship in Seattle bound by a big altruistic dream. From flight to refuge, RW seeks to humanize the facelessness of emigration and celebrate personal tales of resiliency.
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OFFICIAL SELECTION FOR LITTLE REBEL
Impact Docs | 2017
Gig Harbor Film Festival | 2017
Ellensburg Film Festival | 2017
Tacoma Film Festival | 2017
Equality Film Festival | 2017
Barcelona Planet Film Festival | 2017
Docs Without Borders Film Festival | 2017
Awareness Film Festival | 2017
California International Shorts Festival | WINNER - Best Documentary
PiGrecoZen Film Fest | 2017
Solidando Film Festival | December 2017
Canada Shorts Film Festival | December 2017
44 Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg | January 2018
Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival | February 2018
Global Cinema Film Festival | March 2018
Reykjavik Visions Film Festival | April 2018
Shorts on Tap -London | 2018
Africa World Documentary Film Festival | 2018
World of Women Film Fair Middle East | 2018
Toronto Short Film Festival | 2018
Sunderland Shorts Film Festival | 2018
Port Orchard Film Festival | May 4-6, 2018 | WINNER - Best Documentary
Rainier Independent Film Festival | May 18-20| WINNER - Best Documentary
Respect Belfast Human Rights Film Festival | Aug 5 - 10
Social Justice Film Festival | October 5
Friday Harbor Film Festival | Oct 26-28
Chicago Feminist Film Festival | March 2019
Beirut International Women Film Festival | March 2019
ReelAbilities Film Festival | April 2019
ReelAbilities Film Festival | Toronto, Canada | May 2019
CREDITS
A very special thanks to Isatou Jallow for sharing her story.
Co-Director & Producer | Aimie Vallat
Co-Director & Director of Photography | Guido Ronge
Editor | Bow Jones
Additional Cinematography Gambia | Bankie Grey Johnson
Aerial Cinematography | Seattle | Bill Phillips & Red Element Studios
Production Assistant | Jane Duggan
Colorist | John Davidson
Audio Mixing | Jason Devore
Production Equipment | Salt Production Services
Transcriber | Trish Bunyard
Music | One Hundred Years, Neil Golden & Truth to Tell
Special Thanks
Beth Farmer, Maliha Mirza, Lutheran Community Services, Northwest Immigrants Rights Project, Harborview Medical Center, Dr. Alexandra Molnar, University of Washington, Jubilee Women’s Center, Cheryl Sesnon, Danette Allen, Professor John Hart, Professor Helene Vilavella Collins, Jennifer Lenga-Long, Jerry Millhon, Red Element Studios, Bankie Grey Johnson, Koerner Camera, Talin Phillips, Noah Dassel, Oumie Sallah, Willy Drammeh, Adama Jammeh, Sylvie, Anna Leesa, and Talia Ronge.
Special Thanks to our friends in The Gambia
Nenneh Bah, Hot Ink Media Advertising Communications, and Bakau Primary School
And visit our website for more information about Little Rebel and our other productions;
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