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| Film expérimental | super8 | couleur et n&b | 8'0'' | USA / Maroc | 2009 |
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THE TANGIER 8
In June 2009, Tamaas, an international non-profit arts organization, invited eight poets and filmmakers coming from France, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, and the United States, to Tangier, Morocco. These four poet-filmmaker pairs collaborated using Super 8 film and writing original text to create these experimental “film-poems.”
Working under tight time constraints-they had just four days to film, four days for sound, and four days for editing, the artists took inspiration from the city of Tangier-its history, architecture, people, politics, as well as from each other, to produce these short film-poems.
Here are the finished film-poems, along with a "making of" documentary about the artists who created them. Each work is independent and can be viewed alone or otherwise shown as a whole.
Ivan Boccara (France/Morocco) + Carla Faesler (Mexico)
Akram Zataari (Lebanon) + Liliane Giraudon (France)
Natalia Almada (Mexico)+ Peter Gizzi (USA)
Jem Cohen (USA) + Luc Sante (Belgium/USA)
Running time: :41 minutes (not including “Making Of”)
Languages: English, Spanish, French + Arabic with English, French, Arabic subtitles
Sound, Script, Editing and Filming all done by the 8 Artists
A Tamaas production
Hosted by the Cinémathèque de Tanger
www.tamaas.org
1. Ivan Boccara (France/Morocco) He studied Berber history and civilization and some of his work has focused on the lives of Berbers, and the environment of the Atlas Mountains. AND Carla Faesler (Mexico) She is the author of such works as Anábasis Maqueta, 2004 (Awarded the National Prize in Literature Gilberto Owen”), No Tú sino la Piedra, 1999) and the collection, Ríos sagrados que la herejía navega, 1996).
2. Akram Zataari (Lebanon) is an artist preoccupied with the production, collection and study of documents. His work reflects on the shifting nature of borders particularly in the Middle East. AND: Liliane Giraudon (France) Projects have included, co-founder of the Journal, Banana Split (1980-1990), with J.J. Viton; Co-founder of the revue If, (1992), co-editor of Action Poétique.
3. Natalia Almada (Mexico). Directing credits include Al Otro Lado, her award winning debut feature documentary about immigration, drug trafficking and corrido music; and EL GENERAL, a family memoir and portrait of Mexico past and present. AND Peter Gizzi (USA) Attended Brown University, NYC and SUNY Buffalo. His books include The Outernationale (Wesleyan, 2007), Some Values of Landscape and Weather (Wesleyan, 2003), Artificial Heart (Burning Deck, 1998), and Periplum (Avec Books, 1992).
4. Jem Cohen (USA) His films are usually built from his own archive of images and sounds, combine documentary, narrative, and experimental approaches.
AND Luc Sante (Belgium/USA)
is a writer and a cultural critic with a focus on art, films, photography, books, cities. He teaches writing and the history of photography at Bard College, in the Hudson Valley in New York.
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