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The Revolution Of El Harrachi

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The artistic journey of Dahmane El Harrachi, born in 1925 in Algiers, bears the mark of his experience. An attentive and vigilant observer of the environment of immigrant workers, Dahmane has always avoided falling into the ambient miserabilism. From the Algerian Chaâbi, he has kept certain melodic lines and a clear propensity for sayings drawn from the oral poetic tradition. El Harrachi uses simple language, understandable by all popular sectors of the Maghreb, which partly explains its wide success. In 1949, he went to France and it was in cafes, springboard places where people come to breathe the air of the country, that he performed regularly. Elegant, with his beautiful atmosphere, the “bluesman” of the suburbs seduces, upsets and stirs consciences. Discovered late by the new generation, the creator of Ya Rayah met a tragic end, on August 31, 1980, in a car accident, on the Algiers coast which he sublimated above all else.

Directed byMourad Ouabbas, Farah Alame

Status: Released
Runtime: 1h 16m
Language: AR
Released: November 12, 2014

Studios

Al Jazeera Documentary Channel

Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne (RTA)

Darkside Film & TV Production

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited

Starring

Dahmane El Harrachi

Dahmane El Harrachi

Self (archive footage)

Kamel El Harrachi

Kamel El Harrachi

Self

Cheb Khaled

Cheb Khaled

Self

Kamel Hamadi

Kamel Hamadi

Self

Cheikh Namous

Cheikh Namous

Self

Mahdi Berrached

Mahdi Berrached

Self

Creative team

Directed by: Mourad Ouabbas
Farah Alame
Written by: Mourad Ouabbas
Farah Alame

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