1981 | Morocco | Documentary,Music Video

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  • Arabic English 90 mins
  • Director | Ahmed El-Maanouni
  • Writer | Ahmed El-Maanouni
  • Producer | Izza Genini, Souheil Ben-Barka
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The group's "Trances" are our equivalent of "soul music", our irrationality. I followed the example of the Nass El Ghiwane themselves: I went back to the roots. They draw their music from the last thousand years of Moroccan and African history. the film sets out to reveal and emphasize this heritage. I chose the music of the Saharan brotherhood, The Gnawas, and the verses of the famous poet El Mejdoub, to underline the trances

music genre morroca Africa history heritage sahara poetry poet trance