Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
©ZED/ARTE
Raï is not dead
Directed by Simon Maisonobe
Duration 105' | French with English subtitles
Officially selected for #WOMEX23 Film Programme:
Thursday – Saturday, 11:00 – 17:00
Film Library
Production Country, Year France, 2022 | Produced by ZED | Co-produced by ARTE | Distributed by ZED | Producers Marion Papillon / Manuel Catteau / Claire Bénard | Director of Photography Lucas Plançon | Sound Etienne Alison / Quentin Coulon / Lucas Salvador / Mathias David | Editor Frédérice Charcot
Hadj Sameer, DJ and record digger, sets off to explore the legacy of the raï, unveiling an incredible history of this music. Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, raï conquered France and then the whole world in the 1990s, before disappearing from the radar with the arrival of the new millennium.
Simon Maisonobe has worked on the development and production of documentary films for television and the internet at different companies (Talweg and Quark, among others). With his media company, Grünt, Simon directs and produces various programmes, including the series Grünt Tour #1, with support from CNC-Talents, which presents the rap scenes of Morocco, Mali and Côte d'Ivoire in the form of reports, documentaries and freestyles.
More info about the WOMEX 23 Film Programme here: womex.com
See you in A Coruña! #worldwidemusic #musicfilm
©ZED/ARTE
Raï is not dead
Directed by Simon Maisonobe
Duration 105' | French with English subtitles
Officially selected for #WOMEX23 Film Programme:
Thursday – Saturday, 11:00 – 17:00
Film Library
Production Country, Year France, 2022 | Produced by ZED | Co-produced by ARTE | Distributed by ZED | Producers Marion Papillon / Manuel Catteau / Claire Bénard | Director of Photography Lucas Plançon | Sound Etienne Alison / Quentin Coulon / Lucas Salvador / Mathias David | Editor Frédérice Charcot
Hadj Sameer, DJ and record digger, sets off to explore the legacy of the raï, unveiling an incredible history of this music. Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, raï conquered France and then the whole world in the 1990s, before disappearing from the radar with the arrival of the new millennium.
Simon Maisonobe has worked on the development and production of documentary films for television and the internet at different companies (Talweg and Quark, among others). With his media company, Grünt, Simon directs and produces various programmes, including the series Grünt Tour #1, with support from CNC-Talents, which presents the rap scenes of Morocco, Mali and Côte d'Ivoire in the form of reports, documentaries and freestyles.
More info about the WOMEX 23 Film Programme here: womex.com
See you in A Coruña! #worldwidemusic #musicfilm
