Revolution in Four Seasons
Premiered: Hot DOCS - 2016

"Sara is a great partner, adding creatively to these pieces and thinking ahead for new ways to consider the footage and the story. She is incredibly technically savvy, keeping far more ahead of the game than most other editors I know.”

Jessie Deeter, Director

Two politically-opposed young women fight to shape their lives along with the political future of Tunisia, the sole country to emerge from the Arab Spring uprisings as a functional democracy.

2016 Margaret Mead Film Festival Opening Night Selection

2016 Hot Docs Official Selection

It was difficult not to get caught up in what was happening in Tunisia, my birth place, and the implications of everything happening throughout the course of filming A Revolution in Four Seasons.

Over the course of the five years we shot, I followed the story of these two young women with fascination and allowed myself to be surprised and drawn in by perspectives that were not necessarily in harmony with my own going into the project.

During the finishing push of the film, I ran and designed the Kickstarter that raised $40,423 (Before we updated the name of the film).

More notes about this project to come, in the interim please feel free to get in touch

Revolution in Four Seasons

Sara Maamouri
The Bay Area's Most Colorful Documentary Film Editor

A multi-lingual Tunisian educated in New York and California, I bring international sensitivity to my editing, production and story development.

My work has covered social, educational, gender, and political issues around the globe and has screened at film festivals worldwide.

I’d be excited to talk to you about your project. Feel free to email or call:

sara@saramaamouri.com
51-418-7171

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I’d be excited to talk to you about your project. Whether it’s as an editor, a consultant, or to provide notes. I want to share my extensive filmmaking experince as widely as possible.

Feel free to email me using sara@saramaamouri.com or call me at 510-418-7171

More about me

I am a documentary filmmaker and editor who has explored a diverse range of topics for over 20 years. My work has touched on a variety social, educational and political issues.

A multi-lingual Tunisian educated in New York and California, I bring international sensitivity to my editing, production and story development, while building transmedia narratives to enhance and further engage a constantly evolving audience base.

I edit on Final Cut Pro, Avid and Premiere, on a freelance basis throughout the San Francisco Bay area. I am also available for story consultation and transmedia strategy and structure.

Career Synopsis

  • Qualifications

    • Accomplished, award winning, energetic documentary film editor and producer with 20 years’ professional experience ranging from small-scale independent films to high-profile studio productions
    • Transmedia documentary project creative strategist and consultant
    • Extensive experience with most editing software suites
    • Comfortable in eight lArabic, Latin, Cyrillic language, and able to learn languages quickly
  • Experience

  • “Some They Win” / Sep. 1999 – Aug. 2000

    • Co-Director / Producer / Videographer / Editor
  • “Indian Wedding” / Dec. 1999

    • Videographer/Sound
  • Education

    • Cornell University
      • Bachelor of Art in English June 1998
      • Concentration in International Relations
    • UC Berkeley
      • Masters of Journalism June 2000
      • Susie Buell Award for Excellence in Visual Arts