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AMUSSU
TRAILER vimeo.com/313691283 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. 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. DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT "Experiment for a Cinema from Below" SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.facebook.com/amussufilm 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 |
