Salim Rollins

Bio

Salim Rollins began working in film and video as a Sound Technician on international films and documentaries such as Cubamor (Cuba, 1999); Caminho de São Tomé (Cape Verde, 2001); Cosmological Sciences of the Maya (Mexico, 2001) and indie films in the New York area. He worked as an Associate Producer and Cameraman for Cablevision’s Metro TV and Gallery HD. Besouro Preto, shot in Brazil and the U.S., was his first and only documentary. The film explores the African spiritual tenets and philosophies of the Afro-Brazilian martial art capoeira. Rollins resides in Oakland, California with his wife and two children. In addition to his career in video production, he has been working in the field of youth development since 2001 and currently serves as Outreach Programs Director at Destiny Arts Center, a non-profit organization that offers dance, theater and martial arts programs, with an integrated violence prevention curriculum, to Bay Area youth. Additionally, Rollins is the founder and Professor of the Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande, Oakland where he teaches adult classes and hosts an annual international Capoeira Angola and African Arts conference.