Letter to My Sister

Letter to My Sister

2006
1h 8m
8.5

8.5/10

2 votes
Documentary
Overview

Nabila Djahnine, president of the feminist association Thirghri N'tmetout, died in hands of an armed group in Tizi Ouzou (Algeria) in 1995. The Islamists forced women, on pain of death, to wear the hijab or stop working. It was the first time a feminist woman paid with her life. Nabila wrote a letter to her sister Habiba in 1994. This documentary is her answer. In 2006 Habiba comes back to the place to restore her sister’s memory, her point of view, the day of her death and the political moment Algeria was going through at that time.

Status: Released

Language: FR

Production Information

Production Companies
Etouchane Polygone Etoilé Momento!
Production Countries
Algeria France
Spoken Languages
Arabic French

Keywords

feminism terrorism algeria north africa algerian civil war (1991-2002) maghreb

Quick Facts

Original Title Lettre à Ma Soeur
Release Date October 3, 2006
Status Released
Language FR

Cast

Nabila Djahnine
Nabila Djahnine

Herself

Malika Bouhadef
Malika Bouhadef

Herserf

Danielle Maoudj
Danielle Maoudj

Herself

Farida Mobarek
Farida Mobarek

Herself

Notara Mobarek
Notara Mobarek

Herself

Key Crew

Habiba Djahnine
Director