Movies: Izza Génini

Documentary about the Moroccan musical group Nass El Ghiwane....

In a small village in southern Morocco, Amrouch cannot, because of his social position, marry the daughter of a wealthy farmer from the nearby village. Based on Federico Garica Lorca’s novel....

A documentary exploring Izza Génini’s intimate relationship to places, people and events in a mutual recognition through unpublished rushes....

In Meknes, at the music conservatory, master Hadj Hoceine Toulali evokes some rules governing malhoune , a sung dialect word, imbued by the intimate links it maintains with the social and artisanal life of the city....

A documentary by Izza Genini...

Between Volubilis and Meknès, the sanctuary of Moulay Idriss, is the scene of one of the most important pilgrimages in Morocco. Sufi brotherhoods and simple pilgrims parade for 8 days on ecstatic rhythms....

Daily life in the Aït Bouguemez Valley is documented in this film by Izza Génini. Nestled in the Atlas mountains, the residents of this small village work the land in time with the natural rhythms of the landscape. Sound and tempo are part of the com...

In south Marrakesh, Morocco, amidst the olive groves lies the village of Oulad Moumen where Habiba and Yossef Edery began their family in the 1920s. Genini, the youngest of the nine Edery children, organized a family reunion in 1992....

In this film, Marrakech is filled with music, from women singing, dancing and drumming in their homes, to shopkeepers in the old market of Jamaa El-Fna, leaving their shops to follow groups of musicians through the allies of the old city....

Film documents the rituals, spiritual customs, music and dance of the Gnaouas, the African religious group originally brought into Morocco centuries ago. Also contains footage of the slaughter of a sheep....

Documentary on aïta, a Bedouin musical style that originated in the countryside of Morocco. Women aïta singers are shown performing and discussing their nomadic lifestyle and profession....