"I hold their anticipationfor three seconds, "and then, while they're all ablaze,I say out...
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"I hold their anticipation
for three seconds, "and then, while they're all ablaze,
I say out loud, "and then, while they're all ablaze,
"'I do think I'm better.'" "'I do think I'm better.'" That's Bani,
the teenage lead character in Michael Mohammed Ahmad's
'The Lebs', a confronting
semi-autobiographical story about being a young
Arab-Australian Muslim who dreams of being a writer
in a hostile world
for three seconds, "and then, while they're all ablaze,
I say out loud, "and then, while they're all ablaze,
"'I do think I'm better.'" "'I do think I'm better.'" That's Bani,
the teenage lead character in Michael Mohammed Ahmad's
'The Lebs', a confronting
semi-autobiographical story about being a young
Arab-Australian Muslim who dreams of being a writer
in a hostile world
Full Transcript
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"I hold their anticipation
for three seconds,
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"and then, while they're all ablaze,
I say out loud,
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"and then, while they're all ablaze,
"'I do think I'm better.'"
00:00:10.002 --> 00:00:12.084
"'I do think I'm better.'"
00:00:12.084 --> 00:00:16.028
That's Bani,
the teenage lead character
00:00:16.028 --> 00:00:19.998
in Michael Mohammed Ahmad's
'The Lebs',
00:00:19.998 --> 00:00:22.072
a confronting
semi-autobiographical story
00:00:22.072 --> 00:00:25.088
about being a young
Arab-Australian Muslim
00:00:25.088 --> 00:00:29.092
who dreams of being a writer
in a hostile world.
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Movie Summary
An inspiring documentary series, presented by Claudia Karvan, that takes us on a journey to celebrate our love of books, meet our great storytellers and explore our Australian identity.
