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06 Nov 2012
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Documentary film in the spotlight in November
As part of the France-Morocco Cultural Season initiated by the French Institute of Morocco, the French Institute of Meknes presents "Documentary Month" from Friday 2 to Friday 30 November 2012 at the Media Library of the French Institute.
The Meknassi public has an appointment throughout the month of November with the screening of a series of documentary films as part of Documentary Month. These films deal with several themes, such as exile, identities between peoples and the relationship to the land. There are five films in total that will be screened on this occasion, in addition to a "carte blanche to students of the ESAV (Higher School of Visual Arts of Marrakech)" evening. And it is the film "My Land", by Nabil Ayouch, which opened the ball of this cinematographic event on November 2. Confronting two voices on the Middle East conflict, this film gives the floor to old Palestinian refugees who fled in 1948 without ever returning to their land, and who have lived in camps in Lebanon for more than 60 years. This voice is heard by young Israelis of 20 years old who are building their country, feeling viscerally attached…
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