Movies by Assia Djebar
Welcome to our dedicated selection of films directed by Assia Djebar. Here, you can explore a diverse range of works that highlight Assia Djebar’s unique vision, storytelling style, and contribution to the world of cinema. Whether you’re an avid fan or discovering Assia djebar’s filmography for the first time, this collection will guide you through critically acclaimed masterpieces, hidden gems, and influential titles that have shaped the director’s legacy.
The Zerda and the Songs of Forgetting (1983)
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“La Zerda and the songs of oblivion” (1982) is one of only two films made by the Algerian novelist Assia Djebar, with “La Nouba des femmes du mont Chenoua” (1977). Powerful poetic essay based on archives, in which Assia Djebar – in collaboration with the poet Malek Alloula and the composer Ahmed Essyad – deconstructs the French colonial propaganda of the Pathé-Gaumont newsreels from 1912 to 1942, to reveal the signs of revolt among the subjugated North African population. Through the reassembly of these propaganda images, Djebar recovers the history of the Zerda ceremonies, suggesting that the power and mysticism of this tradition were