1957년 10월 어느 새벽, 알제리 민족 해방 전선(Font de Libration Nationale, FNL) 소속의 나이 든 반군 한 명이 프랑스 군인들의 고문을 견디다 못해 마지막 남은 지도자 알리의 은신처를 누설하고 만다. 은신처를 포위한 프랑스군은 당장이라도 폭파할 태세이다. 오직 해방을 목표로 투쟁해 온 지도자 알리는 생사의 갈림길에서 상념에 잠긴 채 치열했던 지난 3년을 회상한다... 1954년에서 1962년 사이, 9년간 프랑스의 식민 통치에 대항한 FNL의 무장 독립 투쟁과 프랑스군의 정치적 폭력 행위 등을 다큐멘터리 형식으로 재구성한 영화다.
알제리, 1516년. 역사상 가장 악명 높은 해적 중 한 명인 아루즈 바르바로사가 스페인의 폭정으로부터 알제를 해방시키고 왕국의 권력을 장악한다. 하지만 소문에 따르면 그는 겉보기에 동맹 관계였던 살림 투미 국왕을 살해했다. 권좌에 오른 바바로사는 살해된 왕의 아름다운 아내인 자피라 여왕에게 재빨리 청혼을 한다. 의지가 강하고 단호한 그녀는 전통을 깨고 자신의 운명을 선택하며 자신의 자율성, 사랑하는 아들, 국가를 위해 싸운다. 역사와 전설 사이에서 이 여성의 여정은 알제리를 위해 개인적, 정치적 혼란을 견뎌낸 투쟁에 대해 이야기한다.
In 1939 in eastern Algeria, Omar, a young boy of ten, lives with his family in a room in Dar Sbitar, a house shared by several families who overcome the trials they go through every day to ensure their subsistence. Her deceased father is Aïni, the mother, who bleeds herself from all four veins to keep her children and their grandmother alive. The families of Dar Sbitar share their intimacy and their daily life, this life animates the big house, which itself becomes a character in its own right. "El Harik" (The Fire), is an Algerian drama series in 10 episodes adapted from Mohamed Dib's trilogy "The Big House", "The Fire" and "The Loom".
What musical genre can claim to have gone, in the space of fifty years, from a hidden cabaret in Oran to Super Bowl halftime? Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, the raï wave spread from the cabarets of western Algeria to the cassette shops of Barbès in Paris, before sweeping the world at the end of the 1980s. its hybridization, the intoxicating music traveled from Algerian and French weddings to the biggest international stages, before suddenly disappearing from the radar at the dawn of the new millennium. Icons that have disappeared, including Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni, to young heirs, passing by the star Khaled, the collector Hadj Sameer trace the tumultuous course of this musical genre, between clandestinity, planetary glory and resistance.
"Bled Music" is an Algerian musical television program broadcast on ENTV between 1991 and 1992. directed by Aziz Smati and presented by Kamel Dynamite, Farid Rockeur and Samia Benkherroubi. The show, with its irreverent tone, was very popular and had a significant impact on the Algerian music scene, allowing the emergence of many artists including Chaba Fadela, Cheb Sahraoui, Cheb Anouar and Mohamed Lamine. A ranking of music videos by popularity and relied on fans sending their votes by mail. At the end of the 1980s, unrest broke out in Algeria which led the country into a Black Decade. At this time, fundamentalist groups attempted to ban music and most other forms of artistic expression. The show continued to air despite death threats, but on February 14, 1994, Aziz Smati was shot in both legs by a young extremist, which ultimately led to the end of the show .
