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Une Femme taxi à Sidi Bel-Abbès

A Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbes
Belkacem Hadjadj
2000 Belgium; Algeria 52 minutes Arabic
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Now widowed and mother of three, Sumicha, has no choice but to earn her living. She decides to use her late husband’s car to become the first woman taxi-driver in Sidi Bel-Abbes. The film shows her working conditions, and a city where integrist violence rages. Sumicha takes us around the city, and acquaints us, in the course of her travels, with other women who, like herself, are struggling for more freedom.

Production :
Films de la Passerelle; Ministère de la Communauté Française de Belgique; Machaou Production; ENTV Télévision algérienne; RTBF
Editing :
Karima Saïdi
Sound :
Mohamed Ziouani
Photography :
Ahmed Messaad