Raï Is Not Dead

Raï Is Not Dead (2023)

TMDb|10.0
06/02/2023
Documentary

Overview

What musical genre can claim to have gone, in the space of fifty years, from a hidden cabaret in Oran to Super Bowl halftime? Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, the raï wave spread from the cabarets of western Algeria to the cassette shops of Barbès in Paris, before sweeping the world at the end of the 1980s. its hybridization, the intoxicating music traveled from Algerian and French weddings to the biggest international stages, before suddenly disappearing from the radar at the dawn of the new millennium. Icons that have disappeared, including Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni, to young heirs, passing by the star Khaled, the collector Hadj Sameer trace the tumultuous course of this musical genre, between clandestinity, planetary glory and resistance.

Details

Status
Ended
Network
ARTE
Type
Scripted
Original Language
FR
Creators
Hadj SameerSimon MaisonobeGrégoire Belhoste
Production Countries
FR
Spoken Languages
Arabic, French

Top Cast

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Hadj Sameer
Hadj SameerSelf (Host)
Cheb Khaled
Cheb KhaledSelf
Cheb Hasni
Cheb HasniSelf (archive footage)
Rachid Baba Ahmed
Rachid Baba AhmedSelf (archive footage)
Cheikha Remitti
Cheikha RemittiSelf (archive footage)
Boutaïba Seghir
Boutaïba SeghirSelf
Cheb Mami
Cheb MamiSelf (archive footage)
Lotfi Attar
Lotfi AttarSelf
Chaba Fadela
Chaba FadelaSelf
Messaoud Bellemou
Messaoud BellemouSelf

Seasons

What musical genre can claim to have gone, in the space of fifty years, from a hidden cabaret in Oran to Super Bowl halftime? Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, the raï wave spread from the cabarets of western Algeria to the cassette shops of Barbès in Paris, before sweeping the world at the end of the 1980s. its hybridization, the intoxicating music traveled from Algerian and French weddings to the biggest international stages, before suddenly disappearing from the radar at the dawn of the new millennium. Icons that have disappeared, including Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni, to young heirs, passing by the star Khaled, the collector Hadj Sameer trace the tumultuous course of this musical genre, between clandestinity, planetary glory and resistance.