Memory 14
Memorija 14
Film info
Director: Ahmed Bouanani
Original language: French
Editor: Ahmed Bouanani
Cinematographer: Majid Rechich
Producer: Centre Cinématographique Marocain
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Informacije o filmu
Režija: Ahmed Bouanani
Izvorni jezik: francuski
Montaža: Ahmed Bouanani
Kamera: Majid Rechich
Producent: Centre Cinématographique Marocain
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Synopsis
In the late 1960s, Ahmed Bouanani, working as an editor for the CCM, was “exiled” to the organization’s cinematic archives as punishment for alleged leftist sympathies. Turning the assignment to his advantage, he created a found-footage film that repurposed documentaries produced by the French during the colonial period into a strong anticolonial essay film. While censored by Moroccan authorities to just a fifth of its original running time, the film – also reflecting Bouanani’s interest in poetry and popular arts – is a testament to the resistance of Morocco’s inhabitants and the memory of social and cultural practices never entirely erased by the colonial project.
Sinopsis
Krajem 1960-ih, radeći kao urednik za CCM, Ahmed Bouanani bio je prognan na rad u filmske arhive zbog navodnih ljevičarskih tendencija. Iskoristivši taj zadatak u svoju korist, stvorio je film od arhivskog materijala kojim prenamjenjuje dokumentarne filmove francuskih kolonijalista u snažan antikolonijalni esejistički film. Iako su ga marokanske vlasti cenzurisale na samo petinu originalnog trajanja, ovaj film – koji također bilježi i Bouananijevo zanimanje za poeziju i popularnu umjetnost – svjedoči o otporu marokanskog stanovništva i sjećanju na društvene i kulturne prakse koje kolonijalni projekt nikada u potpunosti nije uništio.
Directors Biography
Ahmed Bouanani (1938–2011) was a filmmaker, poet, novelist, and painter. As a filmmaker, he worked as editor, writer, and director. His only feature-length film as director is “Mirage (Assarab)” (1979), but he directed and edited many short fiction and documentary works, including “Six and Twelve (Six et Douze)” (1968), “Memory 14 (Mémoire 14)” (1971), and “The Four Springs (Les Quatres Sources)” (1977). His enduring interest in combining Moroccan popular practices and languages with cinematic and artistic modernism is evident across his remarkable oeuvre.
Biografija reditelja
Ahmed Bouanani (1938–2011) bio je filmski režiser, pjesnik, romanopisac i slikar. Kao filmski radnik, montirao je, pisao i režirao. Njegov jedini dugometražni film i režisersko ostvarenje je “Mirage (Assarab)” (1979), ali je režirao i montirao mnoge kratke igrane i dokumentarne filmove, uključujući “Six and Twelve (Six et Douze)” (1968), “Memory 14 (Mémoire 14)” (1971) i “The Four Springs (Les Quatres Sources)” (1977). Njegov stalni interes za kombiniranjem marokanskih popularnih običaja i jezika s filmskim i umjetničkim modernizmom prisutan je kroz njegov cjelokupan izvanredni opus.
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