A former engineer, Razi Jafri left his stable corporate job to pursue more meaningful and creative work. He combined his passions for social activism, storytelling, and representation by becoming a documentary filmmaker. The focus of his work has been on raising awareness about refugees, Islamophobia, and other critical issues. He talks about the transition from engineering to documentary filmmaking and how he uses his filmmaking to combat negative stereotypes of the communities portrayed in his films. Razi Jafri is a second year MFA student at STAMPS concentrating on social documentary filmmaking. After ten years as an engineer, he left to pursue something more meaningful to him. His award winning film “Hamtramck USA” explores life and democracy in America's first Muslim majority city. He is currently working on a cross disciplinary project that has taken him all the way to South Korea where he’s working with Yemeni refugees seeking asylum. Razi works to portray global issues that take on a local significance through his social documentary filmmaking. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]

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