Yaser Hammad is a young Saudi filmmaker as well as the screenwriter of Saudi Arabia's first ever feature film, Roll'em. Meeting Yaser here has been one of the great pleasures of doing the Chahine podcast. Not only is he, like us, a great admirer of Chahine but, unlike us, he's got access to all the Arab writing on Chahine and is much more knowledgeable about actors, songs, the whole pop and social culture around Chahine. His additions, corrections, interventions have been so invaluable that I asked him to join us for this podcast so that our listeners may also benefit. This is a wide-ranging conversation on Chahine's oeuvre that tries to bring an Arab perspective on the work and, more personally, an account of what Chahine's work has meant to at least one young Arab filmmaker.
