Raï Story: From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet
From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet
2004-12-01 | 55 minutes
Plot Summary
Raï Story is a musical journey in search of the Raï legend, Cheikha Remitti, in Oran, Algeria, where the Raï musical tradition began. In 1923, the first Raï singers performed behind screens during ceremonies to protect their identity. It was only when the music of singer Cheikha Remitti began to gain popularity among the general public that Raï music was made public, in the 1940s. Cheikha Remitti, who lives between Paris and Oran, is nowhere to be found, the filmmakers then decide to meet producers, musicians, singers like Cheba Dalila or Cheba Djenet, for whom Remitti created a wake. The opportunity, through these unique stories, illustrated with archive images, to retrace the important place of women in this musical tradition and the transformation of Raï music from the 1960s to 2000.
Cast
-
Cheikha RemittiSelf
-
Cheba DjenetSelf
-
Cheba DalilaSelf
-
Chaba FadelaSelf (archive footage)
-
Chaba ZahouaniaSelf (archive footage)
-
Cheb HasniSelf (archive footage)
-
Cheb KhaledSelf (archive footage)
-
Cheb MamiSelf (archive footage)
-
Raïna RaïSelf (archive footage)
-
Messaoud BellemouSelf (archive footage)
-
Mohamed LamineSelf (archive footage)
Recommendations
-
Return of the Living Dead Part II
-
Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1
-
Hatchet III
-
Universal Soldier: The Return
-
Camping 2
-
Avalon High
-
Jarhead: Law of Return
-
Cocoon: The Return
-
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
-
SlugTerra: Return of the Elementals
-
Saw II
-
Saint Seiya: The Heated Battle of the Gods
-
Return to Never Land
-
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
-
The Adventures of André and Wally B.
-
Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo
-
1920: Evil Returns
-
The Miser
-
Dragon Ball Z: The Return of Cooler
-
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
Similar Movies
-
Hitler's Disastrous Desert War
-
لحن الأمل (Lahn El-Almel)
-
Lady Gaga - Encore
-
Oversand
-
CHoosing at Twenty
-
El Ouafi Boughera, The marathon runner of history
-
Bouzareah
-
Barbra Streisand: Becoming an Icon 1942–1984
-
Lost Mountain
-
Fata Morgana
-
Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
-
Pierre Clément, Cinéma et Révolution
-
Lady Gaga, a Star Is Born
-
I Am: Celine Dion
-
Love to Love You, Donna Summer
-
Melody Gardot: From Paris with Love
-
True Chronicles of the Blida Joinville Psychiatric Hospital in the Last Century, when Dr Frantz Fanon Was Head of the Fifth Ward between 1953 and 1956
-
The Nouba of the Women of Mount Chenoua
-
Rihanna - Inselkind, Popstar, Nationalheldin
-
On The Trail Of Emir Abd El-Kader