African Film Institute: Ahmed El Maanouni, Omar Berrada
<p>This conversation was recorded at e-flux before a screening of Ahmed El Maanouni’s <em>Al Hal</em> [<em>Trances</em>], curated by Omar Berrada. The evening was co-presented with ArteEast.</p> <p><em>Al Hal </em>[<em>Trances</em>] (1981, 88 minutes) is a classic of Moroccan cinema and a compelling introduction to it. While presenting itself as a music documentary on the iconic band Nass El Ghiwane, it is also a film about friendship and collaboration, archival memory, the anti-colonial imagination, and working-class life in Casablanca.</p>
Authors: Ahmed El Maanouni, Omar Berrada
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