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Amussu

Nadir Bouhmouch
Morocco, Qatar
2019
99 min
European Premiere
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The people living in the Moroccan village of Imider may be living alongside the biggest silver mine in Africa, but they aren’t reaping any benefits from it. In reality, the factory’s proximity makes their lives even more precarious. The mining activities have led to water scarcity, so while the silver producer is filling its pockets, the village is being literally sucked dry—at least it was until 2011, when local people sabotaged a pipeline to save their plantations.

Several years later, a protest camp has been established around the pipeline, as the villagers continue to suffer at the hands of industry and the local authorities. Violence and arrests are par for the course, but director Nadir Bouhmouch concentrates on the atmosphere of quiet resolve at the protest camp, where major concerns about the future are part of everyday life. “We don’t even know if we exist in the eyes of the government,” remarks an elderly man.

Nowadays, music and theater are used in new and more peaceful forms of protest. While it doesn’t look like the anonymous forces are going to yield anytime soon, this resilient community isn’t planning to back down, either.

Credits
Director
Production
    Movement on the Road '96 for The Local Film Committee of Imider,
    Nadir Bouhmouch,
    Elias Terrass,
    Sophia Menni
    Movement on the Road '96 for The Local Film Committee of Imider,
    Nadir Bouhmouch,
    Elias Terrass,
    Sophia Menni
Financier
    Maria Daïf for Fondation Touria & Abdelaziz Tazi,
    Maria Daïf for Fondation Touria & Abdelaziz Tazi,
    Nadir Bouhmouch,
    Maria Daïf for Fondation Touria & Abdelaziz Tazi
    Maria Daïf for Fondation Touria & Abdelaziz Tazi,
    Maria Daïf for Fondation Touria & Abdelaziz Tazi,
    Nadir Bouhmouch,
    Maria Daïf for Fondation Touria & Abdelaziz Tazi
Cinematography
Editing
    Maria Mocpat
    Maria Mocpat
Sound
    Jalal El Guermai
    Jalal El Guermai
Sound Design
    Ghita Zouiten
    Ghita Zouiten
Music
    The Community of Imider
    The Community of Imider
World Sales
    Sarah Elouazzani
    Sarah Elouazzani

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