La Zerda ou les chants de l'oubli (1983)
- Directed by
- Assia Djebar
- Genre
- essay film
- Country
- Algeria
- Runtime
- 1h
- Rating
- 8.1 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film is an experimental documentary that explores forgotten songs and stories from Algeria's past. It weaves together archival footage and music to reflect on memory and colonial history.
meditativelyricalreflectivehistoricalhauntingpoeticslow-pacedcontemplative
What happens
La Zerda ou les chants de l'oubli (French pronunciation: [la zeʁda u le ʃɑ̃ də lubli]; lit. 'The Zerda or the Songs of Forgetting') is a 1979 avant-garde experimental documentary film directed by Assia Djebar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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