Written by Fouad
Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:07 AM
The artist, Sawsan Badr, was a guest on the “Her Excellency” program with the artist, Esaad Younes, on Tuesday evening. During the meeting, she talked regarding the scenes of the recently shown “Mother of the World” documentary series, and her opinion on the importance of works that document the importance of preserving the Egyptian identity.
At the beginning of the episode, Esaad Younis praised the watch it platform and the important works it presents, the latest of which is the documentary movie “Umm Al-Dunya” and said: “The watch it platform is working for a great need.
Sawsan Badr talked regarding the beginning of her relationship with the director and photographer Mahmoud Rashad, and she said: “From the first time I knew him, he made me makeup and he was really a genius, and he was very young at this time, and following years he was sitting on the laptop and told me how the great ancient Egyptian civilization is. A documentary regarding her, and all the films are Khawajat.”
And she added: “One time he spoke to me at 5 am, the Almighty told me to film a need, we went to the October 6 Bridge and he sat filming me, and he was preparing a visualization of the movie.”
Esaad Younis also hosted photographer and director Mahmoud Rashad, who talked regarding the beginning of his relationship with cinema, saying: “I have been working as a cinema maker for 15 years. For 5 years, I felt that I had finished this career. I photographed a period of photography, and foreign magazines request short films that are exposed with photography. This was my beginning.”
Rashad added: “Once I filmed Sawsan Badr in the museum, I told her we want to make a film in which we talk regarding the papyrus (going out into the day). She praised the idea and liked it. This film worked well with people. After that, I made another short film, and following that a documentary film.” .
And regarding the scenes of his cooperation with Sawsan Badr, he revealed: “I told her we want to shoot pictures from which to make a movie, and I worked with foreign stations to write films regarding ancient Egypt for them, and it was necessary for Sawsan Badr’s fame to be used positively.”
The “Watch It” platform showed the movie Umm al-Dunya, which talks regarding the greatness of ancient Egyptian civilization, and how the ancestors created a huge inheritance from ancient Egyptian antiquities and temples. And the actress, Sawsan Badr, tells the story of the movie with the voiceover, “Voice Over.” Then each king talks regarding the ancient Egyptian civilization.
