In Negotiation - I Will Dance in Spite of Everything.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bloomsbury Press.

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Dance.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file)

Distribution:

London: Bloomsbury Video. Bloomsbury Publishing. 2022.

Other Title:

Bloomsbury Video Library.

Place of Publication:

French Connection Films. 2001.

Biography/History:

Director : Blandine Delcroix; Production: French Connection Films, Association Danseurs Citoyens Bahri Ben Yahmed, Sandra Dachraoui, Selma Baccar, Karis Harbaoui, Azza Sami, Ahmed Guerfel, Mounira Ben Yahmed, Habib Ben Yahmed, Youssef Seddik, Atef Achour, Adam Baccar, Borhene Barhoumi .

Summary:

<i>I Will Dance in Spite of Everything</i> is a journey through<i> modern Tunisia</i> that exposes the contradictions and recent fractures of the country, particularly due to the development of a new Islamist current. It is <i>a story about dance, cinema and the human body</i>. A story of freedom, guided by Bahri, Sandra and Selma, the three main characters. Although their paths are different, they all use the same weapon: art. In order to act at the deepest level of consciousness, they have set the goal of starting a real revolution, 9 years after the fall of President Ben Ali. Around them, incomprehension, and even opposition, bursts out. In order to change mentalities, they use their bodies, their eyes, their commitment. Some stay in their country to help change things. Others,<i> under the pressure of a culture that suffocates them</i>, decide to leavef... As the speech starts to fade, dance and cinema become a way for them to express their message, overcome taboos and resist obscurantism. It also becomes a way to bring out the identity of each one, and to give them the possibility to choose who they are and who they want to become. But Bahri, Sandra and Selma are not the only ones. Through this journey, guided by the Tunisian poem "Aux tyrans oppresseurs", a true symbol of liberation, we also meet Ahmed and the scarecrows of Djerba. Despite the resistance linked to their relatives and their own culture, their choice is finally made: they will continue until the end. .

Credits:

Director, Blandine Delcroix.

Notes:

Official Selection: Interference Lyon Festival 2017 Biennale du réel in Marseille 2017 International Prize for Documentaries about the Mediterranean Region 2017 Les Hivernales festival in Avignon 2018 Instants Vidéo festival in Marseille 2018 Le Grand Bain festival in Roubaix 2019

ISBN:

9781350911833

OCLC:

1356504499

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.