Al bab al sabea

La Septième Porte is the title of a 300-page film historical work dedicated to Moroccan cinema between 1907 and 1986. It was written by Ahmed Bouanani (1938-2011) by hand over many years, but was never published. Ali Essafi visited Bouanani three years before the latter’s death. Film excerpts, interviews and other documents delineate the artistic universe of a poet, filmmaker and essayist whose independence and integrity remained unsullied until the end.