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Trances [videorecording (DVD)] / a film by Ahmed Ed Maanouni.

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Criterion Collection, [2021].

DVD 781.62964 T772 Doc

Nass el Ghiwan (Musical group)

Musical groups -- Morocco.

Folk music -- Morocco.

Popular music -- Morocco.

Criterion collection ; 689.

Alternate title:

Transes [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

Director-approved special ed.

1 videodisc (88 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 folded sheet insert.

Originally produced as a documentary film in 1981.

Special features: 2K digital restoration courtesy of The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologina ; introduction from 2013 by The Film Foundation's founder and chair, Martin Scorsese ; interview program from 2013 featuring director Ahmed El Maanouni, producer Izza Génini, musician Omar Sayed, and Scorsese ; PLUS: an essay by film scholar Sally Shafto.

In Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles.

Producer, Izza Génini ; written and directed by Ahmed El Maanouni.

Nass el Ghiwane (Omar Sayed, Larbi Batma, Abderrahman "Paco" Kirouche, Allal Yaala).

"The groundbreaking Moroccan band Nass El Ghiwane is the dynamic subject of this captivating, one-of-a-kind documentary by Ahmed El Maanouni, who filmed the four musicians during a series of electrifying live performances in Tunisia, Morocco, and France; on the streets of Casablanca; and in intimate conversations. Storytellers through song and traditional instruments, and with connections to political theater, the band became a local phenomenon and an international sensation, thanks to its rebellious lyrics and sublime, fully acoustic sound, which draws on Berber rhythms, Malhun sung poetry, and Gnawa dances. Both a concert movie and a free-form audiovisual experiment, bolstered by images of the band’s rapt audience, Trances is pure cinematic poetry."--Container.

Documentary films.

Filmed performances.

Films for the hearing impaired.

El Maanouni, Ahmed.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Nass el Ghiwan (Musical group)

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