The Revolution Of El Harrachi

2014

1h 16m

10.0

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Overview

The artistic journey of Dahmane El Harrachi, born in 1925 in Algiers, bears the mark of his experience. An attentive and vigilant observer of the environment of immigrant workers, Dahmane has always avoided falling into the ambient miserabilism. From the Algerian Chaâbi, he has kept certain melodic lines and a clear propensity for sayings drawn from the oral poetic tradition. El Harrachi uses simple language, understandable by all popular sectors of the Maghreb, which partly explains its wide success. In 1949, he went to France and it was in cafes, springboard places where people come to breathe the air of the country, that he performed regularly. Elegant, with his beautiful atmosphere, the “bluesman” of the suburbs seduces, upsets and stirs consciences. Discovered late by the new generation, the creator of Ya Rayah met a tragic end, on August 31, 1980, in a car accident, on the Algiers coast which he sublimated above all else.

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Language: AR

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Production Information

Production Companies

Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne (RTA) Darkside Film & TV Production Canal Coquelicot

Production Countries

Algeria France Lebanon Qatar

Spoken Languages

Arabic French

Keywords

biography music documentary djazair algerian diaspora algerian music chaabi algerois algérie dahmane el harrachi algerian chaabi

Quick Facts

Original Title	Thaourate El Harrachi - الثورة من الحراشي
Release Date	November 12, 2014
Status	Released
Language	AR
IMDb ID	tt34159693
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