Blues des Chikhates (Le)

  • Blues des Chikhates (Le)
Genre : Musical
Type : Documentary
Original title : Blues des sheïkhates (Le) | Dumou' al-chaykhât
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2004
Format : Mid-length
Running time : 52 (in minutes)

Three cheikhates tell the story of the golden age of a despised art that is soon to be lost. These women, pioneer artists in Morocco, are both the most loved women and the most marginalized, all for one reason: their freedom. Outspoken and free of morals, many generations of cheikhates have sung to evoke women's conditions, and to defend their freedom of speech as well as their freedom of morals.

Language: Arabic

Directors of photography: Ivan BOCCARA, Ali ESSAFI
Sound egineer : Mathieu DAUDE
Editing : Nadia DALAL

Festival: Festival du cinéma Sud-Sud d'Asilah (Morocco, 2004)
> 1st prize 

Betacam SP.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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