Morocco
1981/35mm/87mins
THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 7.00 PM – Arc at NFSA
SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER 2.00 PM – Arc at NFSA
A newly restored print of the pioneering World music documentary, rediscovering the superstardom of music group Nass El Ghiwane and its reinvention of traditional Moroccan ‘Trance’ music.
In early 1970s Morocco, a band of five street musicians brought about a musical and social rebellion. In TRANSES director Ahmed El Maanouni looks at the music, its makers and its meaning. Nass El Ghiwane made what was once a ritual and sacred form into a modern frenzy and at times a cultural and political statement – until its influence was tragically curtailed with the early death of lead member Boujemaa.
“ ‘Transes’ are our equivalent of ‘soul music’, our irrationality… Following 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 ilm sets out to reveal and emphasize this heritage…” – Ahmed el Maanouni
Restored in 2007 by the World Cinema Foundation at Cineteca di bologna’s L’Immagine ritrovata Laboratory.
TRANSES
(AL HAL)
Director Ahmed El Maanouni Cast Nass El Ghiwane, Larbi Batma, Abderrahman Paco, Omar Sayed, Allal Yaala Print Source World Cinema Foundation
