When Arabs Danced (2018)

Original title

Au temps où les Arabes dansaient

Directed by

Jawad Rhalib

Genre

documentary film

Country

Belgium

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary looks at Arab artists who used dance and music to express freedom in the face of rising intolerance. It shows their struggles to stay creative under political and religious pressures.

reflectivecontemplativemelancholichopefulmeditativethought-provokingnostalgic

What happens

Au temps où les Arabes dansaient est un film documentaire belge réalisé par Jawad Rhalib, sorti en 2018Virginie Félix, “Au temps où les Arabes dansaient” ou la liberté artistique face à l’obscurantisme, telerama.fr, 14 novembre 2020Hubert Heyrendt, "Au temps où les Arabes dansaient": danser pour être libre, lalibre.be, 16 janvier 2019Fabienne Bradfer, Notre choix du Mois du Doc: «Au temps où les Arabes dansaient», lesoir.be, 30 octobre 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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