This weekend was the 17th Festival de Cinema Maghreb si loin...si proche, which features work from film makers, photographers and writers from the Middle East. Much of the work this year dealt with racism.
Friday night a sociologist presented the work of Pierre Bourdieu and Abelmalek Sayed and the film La Sociologie est us sport de combat. They went into the culture and attitudes of the French, the immigrants, the blending of the society.
Above is the Amadou Gaye, a poet, guitarist, photographer whose photos from the 100,000 person march from Marseilles to Paris against racism were hanging on the walls. He recounted his experiences. The movement of the Beur, who were comfortable neither with their Algerian parents or their French friends. In reality they were Third Culture Kids, like my heroine Annie. The session dealt with many aspects of racisim in the past and today.
Révolution Zendh delved into an Algerian journalist who is researching revolts fromthe 8th and 9th centuries. The lead actor Fehti Ghares was present throughout the festival.
C'étair mieux demain has a woman with a handicapped son trying to cope with personal problems during a revolution.
Tarzan, Don Quichotte et moi -- A search for Cervantès in a section of Algers with the same name.
Les jours d'avant -- A man and a woman, who knew of each other more than actually know each other during their teenagers in the 1990s remember those years. The contrast between then and now in Algeria shows the seeds of the violence to come.
The films and forums triggered a waterfall of things to think about taking me away from my ultra comfortable existence. It gave me a chance to see other places that I may not get a chance to visit.
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