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What musical genre can claim to have gone, in the space of fifty years, from a hidden cabaret in Oran to Super Bowl halftime? Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, the raï wave spread from the cabarets of western Algeria to the cassette shops of Barbès in Paris, before sweeping the world at the end of the 1980s. its hybridization, the intoxicating music traveled from Algerian and French weddings to the biggest international stages, before suddenly disappearing from the radar at the dawn of the new millennium. Icons that have disappeared, including Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni, to young heirs, passing by the star Khaled, the collector Hadj Sameer trace the tumultuous course of this musical genre, between clandestinity, planetary glory and resistance.

Writing:
  • Hadj Sameer
  • Simon Maisonobe
  • Grégoire Belhoste

Stars:
Release Date: 2023-02-06
Seasons: 1
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  • Country: FR
  • Language: العربية | Français
  • Runtime: 109
Rachid Taha
Rachid Taha
Self (archive footage)
Hadj Sameer
Hadj Sameer
Self (Host)
Cheb Khaled
Cheb Khaled
Self
Cheb Hasni
Cheb Hasni
Self (archive footage)
Rachid Baba Ahmed
Rachid Baba A...
Self (archive footage)
Chaba Fadela
Chaba Fadela
Self
Cheikha Remitti
Cheikha Remit...
Self (archive footage)
Cheb Bello
Cheb Bello
Self
Lotfi Attar
Lotfi Attar
Self
Messaoud Bellemou
Messaoud Bell...
Self
Boutaïba Seghir
Boutaïba Segh...
Self
Cheb Mami
Cheb Mami
Self (archive footage)
Faudel
Faudel
Self (archive footage)
Safy Boutella
Safy Boutella
Self
Cheb Sahraoui
Cheb Sahraoui
Self
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