Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams

2012
1h 40m
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Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nunfilm
Production Countries
Algeria France
Spoken Languages
Arabic English French

Quick Facts

Release Date June 2, 2012
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt5012400

Cast

Mustapha Boutadjine
Mustapha Boutadjine

Self

Mahmoud Darwish
Mahmoud Darwish

Self

Angela Davis
Angela Davis

Self

Tommie Smith
Tommie Smith

Self

Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba

Self

Salah Teskouk
Salah Teskouk

Self

Guem
Guem

Self

Aleida Guevara
Aleida Guevara

Self

Key Crew

Stephanie Benamra
Producer
Hamid Benamra
Director