The Zerda or the Songs of Forgetting

Directed by Assia Djebar
1983    57m[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary)
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his film essay pieces together various photographs and footage of the Zerda ceremony from colonial archives, with anonymous poetic voice-overs recounting the lived experiences of indigenous Algerians.

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Cast of The Zerda or the Songs of Forgetting

  • Assia DjebarDirector / Writer
  • Malek AlloulaWriter
  • Marie-Hélène Méliès-LehérisseyEditor
  • Marie-Ange BaratierEditor
  • Nicole SchlemmerEditor
  • Said GenifSound
  • Ahmed EssyadMusic

 

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