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Al bab al sabea

Crossing the Seventh Gate
Ali Essafi
2017 Morocco 80 minutes French; Arabic

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.

Production :
Ali Essafi
Editing :
Chaghig Arzoumanian
Sound :
Ali Essafi
Photography :
Hakim Belabbes; Ali Essafi; Hassan Ouazani; Maria Karim; Touda Bouanani

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