ZENDJ REVOLUTION
by Tariq Teguia
synopsis
Ibn Battuta works as a journalist for an Algerian daily newspaper. While covering community clashes in Southern Algeria, he finds himself incidentally picking up the trail of long forgotten uprisings against the Abbasid Caliphate, back in 8th-9th century Iraq. For the purpose of his investigation he goes to Beirut, a city that used to embody the hopes and struggles of the Arab World…
international title: | Zendj Revolution |
original title: | Révolution Zendj |
country: | Algeria, France, Lebanon, Qatar |
year: | 2013 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Tariq Teguia |
film run: | 137' |
screenplay: | Tariq Teguia |
cast: | Fethi Gares, Diyanna Sabri, Ahmed Hafez, Wassim Mohammed Ajawi, John W. Peake, Sean Guillette, Ghassan Salhab, Fadi Abi Samra |
cinematography by: | Nasser Medjkane, Hacene Ait Kaci |
film editing: | Rodolphe Molla |
art director: | Heidi Tsirogiannis, Michelle Braidy |
music: | Magyar Posse, Ash Ra Temple, Lena Platonos |
production: | Le Fresnoy, Neffa Films, Zendj, Mirrors, Captures |
backing: | The Doha Film Institute |