A TUNISIAN ARTIST OVERCOMES HIS DISABILITY TO FURTHER HIS CRAFT

Achref is a disabled youth living in a poor neighbourhood of Tunis. A talented artist, he paints work of art with his toes. He has successfully overcome the difficulties and challenges facing a disabled person in Tunisia.

Shot list and script:
 

Soundbite 1 in Arabic:  
Nemri Achref: I am passionate about painting since my childhood. This opened a door to a world that I love the most. 

Sound bite 2 in Arabic:
Nemri Achref: My disability never became an obstacle for me; to the contrary; it has helped me create my own world, a world in which I succeeded, and from where I can fly off towards new horizons.

Sound bite 3 in Arabic:
Nemri Achref (describing his pain): It’s really not easy to be an artist in Tunisia. The state does not subsidies art and there is no aid. 
 
Sound bite 4 in Arabic:
Aziza Kouki, social welfare manager: Achraf is talented. He deserves to be helped and supported. We should do all we can to obtain the subsidies he needs to develop his passion. 

1/ Pitch Story

Achref is a disable youth leaving in a poor neighbourhood of Tunis. A talented artist, he paints work of arts with his toes. He has successfully overcome the difficulties and challenges  of the life of a disable person.

2/Shot list and script:

 Soundbite 1 in Arabic:  

Nemri Achref : I am passionate about painting since my childhood. This opened a door to a world  that I love the most.

Sound bite 2 in Arabic:

Nemri Achref; my disability never became an obstacle for me; to the contrary; it has helped me create my own world, a world in which I succeeded, and from where I can fly off towards new horizons.

Sound bite 3:

Nemri Achref in Arabic: ( describing his pain) It’s really not easy to be an artist in Tunisia. The state is not subsidising art and there is no aid.

Sound bite 4:

Aziza Kouki, social welfare manager: Achraf is talented. He deserves to be helped and supported. We should do all we can to obtain the subsidies he needs to develop his passion.