Immigrant Memories (1997)

Original title

Mémoires d'immigrés, l'héritage maghrébin

Directed by

Yamina Benguigui

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

2h 40m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary film collects firsthand accounts from North African immigrants who came to France for work, their wives who later joined them, and the children born or raised in France. It follows three generations as they share their experiences of labor, family separation, and building a new life.

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What happens

Mémoires d'immigrés est une série de 3 documentaires de 52 min de Yamina Benguigui réalisés en 1997. Ces témoignages relatent l'histoire des immigrés maghrébins, venus en France lors des pénuries de main d'œuvre, de leurs familles qui les ont rejoints, et des générations qui leur ont succédé. Les Pères Les Mères Les Enfants (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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