My Makhzen and Me (2012)
- Directed by
- Nadir Bouhmouch
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Morocco
- Runtime
- 43 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
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How it feels
This documentary shows how Moroccan activists documented police violence during 2011 and 2012 pro-democracy protests. It is a direct critique of the country's ruling system made from footage shot by the protesters themselves.
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What happens
My Makhzen and Me is a 2012 documentary Moroccan film directed, produced and shot by Nadir Bouhmouch. The documentary was the first of its kind in Morocco, an unprecedented and direct critique of the Moroccan Makhzen, it portrayed the struggle of the pro-democracy February 20 youth Movement and made extensive use of footage shot by activists on telephones or home video cameras showing police violence at the demonstrations held throughout 2011 and early 2012. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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