Salam Neighbor
Salam Neighbor is a 2015 documentary film by the production companies Living on One Dollar and 1001 MEDIA. The title means "hello" neighbor. The title has a dual meaning as the Arabic word "salam" also means "peace."
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| Directed by | Chris Temple and Zach Ingrasci |
| Produced by | Mohab Khattab, Salam Darwaza, Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple |
| Cinematography | Sean Kusanagi |
| Edited by | Mohammed el Manasterly and Jennifer Tiexiera |
| Music by | W.G. Snuffy Walden and A. Patrick Rose |
Production companies | Partnership: 1001 MEDIA and Living on One |
| Distributed by | Participant Media/Pivot |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Countries | United States Jordan |
| Languages | English, Arabic (with English subtitles) |
The film documents the experiences of American filmmakers Zach Ingrasci and Chris Temple when they lived among 85,000 Syrians in Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp, which lies seven miles from the Syrian border. The filmmakers, who were the first allowed by the UN to register and set-up a tent inside a refugee camp, spent a month in Za'atari to cover what the UN Refugee Agency calls the world's most pressing humanitarian crisis.
Salam Neighbor is a component of a three-part project focused on the Syrian refugee crisis: the documentary, a virtual reality (VR) film and a social impact campaign.
The film had its world premiere in Washington, DC at the AFI DOCS film festival on June 20, 2015.