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Raï Story: From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet (2004)

ALL 12/01/2004 (ar) Documentary, Music 55 Min
  • Release
    12/01/2004
  • Production
    MISR International Films, Zentropa International Sweden, Ognon Pictures, Les Fils Chafik Fathallah
  • Rotten tomato
    100%
  • Original title
    حكايات الراي
  • Original language
    ar
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet

Overview

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.

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Marianne Khoury

    Producer



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  1. Cheikha Remitti

    Self

  2. Cheba Djenet

    Self

  3. Cheba Dalila

    Self

  4. Chaba Fadela

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Chaba Zahouania

    Self (archive footage)

  6. Cheb Hasni

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Cheb Khaled

    Self (archive footage)

  8. Cheb Mami

    Self (archive footage)

  9. Raïna Raï

    Self (archive footage)

  10. Messaoud Bellemou

    Self (archive footage)

  11. Mohamed Lamine

    Self (archive footage)

  12. Belkacem Bouteldja

    Self

  13. Cheikh Mekki Nouna

    Self

  14. Cheikha El Ouachma

    Self

  15. Boualem Benhaoua

    Self

  16. Abdelazziz Bekhti

    Self

  17. Nasser Jabi

    Self - Sociologue

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 17 , Crews : 10

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Raï Story: From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet (2004) 55 Min

ALL 12/01/2004 (ar)
Documentary, Music
  • Release 12/01/2004
  • Production
    MISR International Films, Zentropa International Sweden, Ognon Pictures, Les Fils Chafik Fathallah
  • Original title حكايات الراي
  • ar
  • Revenue0.00

From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet

Overview

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.

  1. Samia Madeleine Verschaffelt, Ahmed Rachedi

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Marianne Khoury

    Producer



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