Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

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Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams (2012)

Directed by Hamid Benamra

Documentary · 1h 40m

Algerian director Hamid Benamra turns his focus to Mustapha Boutadjine, a charming, mercurial collage artist in Paris whose very work methods embody resistance, and celebrate those who work to liberate others. Boutadjine creates his portraits of Third World artists such as Miriam Makeba, and Algerian figures such as Assia Djebar from pieces of paper torn from high end fashion magazines and other, glossy, glitzy publications. Using this material is as much an act of rejecting bourgeois standards, which are often anti-North African in France, as much as elevating these figures and making them the social and visual standard against which we should judge ourselves, not the runway models of Chanel.

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Cast

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Mustapha Boutadjine Self Mahmoud Darwish Self Angela Davis Self Tommie Smith Self Miriam Makeba Self Salah Teskouk Self Guem Self
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Aleida Guevara Self

Crew

Director
Hamid Benamra
Producer
Stephanie Benamra

Details

Release date
2012-06-02
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
Arabic, English, French
Countries
Algeria, France
Production
Nunfilm