Raï Story: From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet (2004)
Raï Story is a musical journey in search of the Raï legend, Cheikha Remitti, in Oran, Algeria, where the Raï musical tradition began. In 1923, the first Raï singers performed behind screens during ceremonies to protect their identity. It was only when the music of singer Cheikha Remitti began to gain popularity among the general public that Raï music was made public, in the 1940s. Cheikha Remitti, who lives between Paris and Oran, is nowhere to be found, the filmmakers then decide to meet producers, musicians, singers like Cheba Dalila or Cheba Djenet, for whom Remitti created a wake. The opportunity, through these unique stories, illustrated with archive images, to retrace the important place of women in this musical tradition and the transformation of Raï music from the 1960s to 2000.
Directors: Samia Madeleine Verschaffelt, Ahmed Rachedi.
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Cheikha Remitti as Self |
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Cheba Djenet as Self |
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Cheba Dalila as Self |
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Chaba Fadela as Self (archive footage) |
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Chaba Zahouania as Self (archive footage) |
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Cheb Hasni as Self (archive footage) |
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Cheb Khaled as Self (archive footage) |
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Cheb Mami as Self (archive footage) |
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Raïna Raï as Self (archive footage) |
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Messaoud Bellemou as Self (archive footage) |
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Mohamed Lamine as Self (archive footage) |
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Belkacem Bouteldja as Self |
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Cheikh Mekki Nouna as Self |
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Cheikha El Ouachma as Self |
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Boualem Benhaoua as Self |
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Abdelazziz Bekhti as Self |
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Nasser Jabi as Self - Sociologue |
| Writing | Samia Madeleine Verschaffelt | Writer |
| Writing | Ahmed Rachedi | Writer |
| Directing | Samia Madeleine Verschaffelt | Director |
| Directing | Ahmed Rachedi | Director |
| Production | Marianne Khoury | Producer |
| Sound | Rachid Bouafia | Sound |
| Sound | Meziane Ait-Larbi | Sound |
| Sound | Sakina Ouali | Sound |
| Sound | Youssef Reguad | Music |
| Camera | Mustapha Belmihoub | Director of Photography |
