Synopsis: A rhythmic cocktail of Andalusian, Berber, Arabic, and Flamenco traditions, chaabi music was the heart and soul of cosmopolitan Algiers in the 1940s. When the war of independence tore apart the peaceful Muslim and Jewish communities that came together to play this joyful, sometimes scandalous music, its greatest practitioners were flung back to France or scattered across an austere and increasingly authoritative Algeria.

Fast-forward to 2003, when filmmaker Safinez Bousbia discovered some old photographs of a music class from the '40s in an antique shop in Algiers. Inspired, she spent the next several years tracking down a group of friends kept apart for five decades to stage an extraordinary reunion concert. 

Duration: 90min

Country: Ireland 

Programme:

Wednesday 3 October, 1:00pm at City Stars Cinema, Omar Ibn El-Khattab Street, Nasr City

Friday 5 October, 1:00pm at City Stars Cinema, Omar Ibn El-Khattab Street, Nasr City

Monday 8 October, 1:00pm at Galaxy Cinema, 67 Abd El Aziz Al Saud St., El Manial

Monday 8 October, 6:30pm at Galaxy Cinema, 67 Abd El Aziz Al Saud St., El Manial

Data provided by the Misr International Films - Youssef Chahine

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