The initiatives were designed to align with Sharjah's directives to raise awareness, enhance a sense of cultural belonging, and provide a set of skills and appropriate behaviour among the youth.
In a day and age in which up-and-coming filmmakers aspire to be the next Spike Lee, John Singleton, or Ryan Coogler, many are unaware that their forefather was Jamaa Fanaka. Once heralded as “The most famous unknown filmmaker in America” by Turner Movie Classics, Fanaka was a preeminent auteur (writer, director, producer) in the 1970s and ‘80s.