In the 1970s, Moroccan schoolboys and students dreamed of freedom and democracy. Severe police crackdowns on dissent and wide arbitrary arrests, detention, secret prisons have branded the decade as the ‘years of lead'. A number of activists lived in clandestinity. Aziz was twenty-three years old at the time, he was lonely and carried a false identity for two years before he was identified and arrested.

a film by Ali ESSAFI

Morocco/UAE, 2011, Digital video, 20 minutes, Colour, Arabic and French with English subtitles

Titre : Wanted (Al-Hareb)

Year: 2011
Countries: Morocco/UAE
Medium: Digital video
Colour: Colour
Duration: 20 minutes
Langages: Arabic and French with English subtitles

Written and directed by Ali Essafi
Edited by Hicham Bajjou
Cinematography: Ivan Bocara
Sound: Mehdi Halib

Production: Cinemaat Productions

Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
10th Sharjah Art Biennal (EAU, 16-19 March 2011)
http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/projects/wanted-al-hareb


Screening: Friday, October 7, 2011, 7:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2 (Introduced by Essafi. Program length 71 min.)
Screening: Wednesday, October 12, 2011, 7:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2 (Introduced by Barrada. Program length 71 min.)
www.moma.org/visit/calendar/film_screenings/13575