Raï is not dead | Digital productions ARTE
Raï is not dead
A documentary series directed by Simon Maisonobe and Hadj Sameer
What musical genre can boast of making the transition from a secret cabaret in Oran to the Super Bowl halftime show in just fifty years? The raï wave, which originated in Algeria at the close of World War II, went from the cabarets of western Algeria to Barbès in Paris before taking over the world towards the end of the 1980s. Through its fusion of styles, this intoxicating music made its way…
Technical Info & Short Credits
- Format
- Series
- Genre
- Documentary
- Duration
- 6 x 17min
- Technique
- Live action
- Presented by
- Hadj Sameer
- Director
- Simon Maisonobe
- Authors
- Simon Maisonobe, Grégoire Belhoste and Hadj Sameer
- Coproduction
- ARTE France, ZED
Credits
An independent producer and distributor, founded by Manuel Catteau almost 30 years ago, ZED is a key player in French documentary production, with a raft of major international broadcasters among its clients: France Télévisions, Canal+, ARTE, BBC, National Geographic, Discovery, PBS, ZDF, NHK, SBS or CuriosityStream.<br /> <br /> Thanks to a strong team of 7 producers, ZED produces around 40 films a year, covering all genres in non-fiction: history, sciences, wildlife, investigation, current affairs and art & culture — and investing in all broadcasting platforms, whether linear, non-linear or audio (podcast). With a catalogue of 2 000 hours, ZED is also one of the major international sales companies and represents almost 200 prestigious French and foreign production firms, handling distribution of their output to broadcasters across the globe.
Unique features
From Oran to Barbès and from Cheikha Remitti to Khaled
A look back at the tumultuous course of raï, whose hits took the planet by storm in the 1980s and 1990s
A mission for Hadj Sameer :
To create the ultimate raï mixtape
Nominations and awards
- WinnerFestival de Luchon 2023Short series