CinemaOSMovie · 2016 · 1h 36m

Checks & Balances

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Accommodated since Algeria's Bloody Decade of the 1990’s in the "House of the Press", the journalists of the famous daily newspaper El Watan await the completion of their new offices, a symbol of their independence. My camera is embedded in their newsroom as they follow the events of this new Algerian spring... President Bouteflika has set his sights on a 4th term. Beyond what we call the Arab revolutions and other mediatized terms, I wanted this film to serve as a memorial to the women and men, young and less young, who battle daily to safeguard the freedom of information in a politically and socially fossilized country.

Directed byMalek Bensmaïl

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 36m
Language
FR
Released
January 27, 2016
Studios
Hikayet Films

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