Jackie Reem Salloum to present at Trinity
Jackie Reem Salloum is a New York based artist and filmmaker. Drawing on her
Palestinian and Syrian roots, her pop-infused work focuses on challenging the stereotypes
of Arabs in the media.
She has directed several shorts exploring this issue, including
Planet of the Arabs, which received the International Editing Award at the 2005
CinemaTexas Film Festival and was an official selection the 05’ Sundance Film
Festival. After receiving her MFA from New York University, Salloum began directing
her first feature length documentary Slingshot Hip Hop. Five years in the making it
made it’s premiere at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival-Documentary Competition.
Salloum’s work is also the basis of a youth education program on Palestine, and she
frequently speaks at universities and conferences internationally.
