Nadir Bouhmouch
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AMUSSU
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TRAILER
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SYNOPSIS

Imider, Southeastern Morocco. A rapacious silver mine has siphoned water from local aquifers for decades, drying out the almond groves belonging to an Amazigh community. Fearing their fragile oasis might disappear and their livelihoods destroyed, the villagers peacefully rebelled in 2011 and shut down a major water pipeline heading towards the mine. Eight years later, they continue to resist in a protest camp which has now turned into a small solar-powered village.

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However, backed by conniving intelligence services and aggressively protected by the police, Africa’s biggest silver mine is no easy adversary. Dozens have been arrested for taking part of what the villagers have dubbed “Amussu xf Ubrid n ’96” (Movement on Road ’96). Nevertheless, the resilient villagers continue to resist with the little means they have — songs, weekly assemblies, a flimsy camera, a film festival and endless ingenuity.

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DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

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Experiment for a Cinema from Below"



SOCIAL MEDIA

https://www.facebook.com/amussufilm

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REVIEWS & PRESS

Middle East Cinema: These are the Region's Top Films of 2019
Middle East Eye

"Amussu" Le mouvement des habitants qui ménent la guerre de l'eau à Imider
Jeune Afrique

Unity that Comes from a Common Purpose

Modern Times

Les voix d'Imider résonnent dans un doc retraçant leur lutte contre managem
LeDesk


Amussu: De Chair et de Dignité
La Vie Eco


Un documentaire en avant-première au cœur du camp d’Imider
Yabiladi

Amussu ou quand un mouvement de protestation filme les conditions d’une communauté
Libération

أموسّو... فيلم وثائقي يعيد تركيب "معتصم قرية إميضر بتنغير
Hespress

أموسو... وثائقي يجمع بين الشعر والصورة لمعاناة أطول اعتصام في تاريخ المغرب
Lakome

Le film documentaire marocain "Amussu" sélectionné par le festival canadien Hot Docs de Toronto
2M

Toronto Hot Docs Film Festival to Premiere Moroccan Amazigh Amussu Film
Morocco World News

Hot Docs 2019: Our Review of 'Amussu' 
In the Seats



INTERVIEWS

Silver & Water in Morocco: Q&A with Nadir Bouhmouch
Roads & Kingdoms

Amussu est une production collective et participative qui n’implique aucune société de production 
La Vie Eco



FESTIVALS & AWARDS

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
2019, International Competition

International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA)
2019, Luminous

Festival Internationale du Documentaire d'Agadir
2019, Grand Prix

Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
2019, Resistance

Rencontres Cinématographiques de Bejaia
2019, Official Selection

Journées du Film Citoyen
2019, Opening Film
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  • About
  • Projects
    • Overview
    • Amussu
    • Timnadin N Rif
    • Paradises of the Earth
    • My Makhzen & Me
    • 475
  • Writings
  • Watch
    • Films
    • Series
  • Contact