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‘The very worst things’: violence and vulnerability in Djamila Sahraoui’s Yema (2012)

Maria FloodSchool of Humanities, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 246-264 | Published online: 11 Sep 2018

Filmography

  • Algérie, la vie quand même, 1999, Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria/France.
  • Algérie, la vie toujours, 2001, Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria/France.
  • Avoir 2000 ans dans les Aurès, 1990, Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria/France.
  • Avoir vingt ans dans les Aurès, 1972, Réné Vautier, France.
  • Barakat! 2006, Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria/France/Tunisia.
  • La Moitié du ciel d’Allah, 1996, Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria/France.
  • La Nouba des femmes du Mont Chenoua, 1979, Assia Djebar, Algeria.
  • Les Chevaux de Dieu, 2012, Nabil Ayouch, Belgium/France/Morocco/Tunisia.
  • Making of, 2006, Nouri Bouzid, Tunisia.
  • Rachida, 2001, Yamina Bachir-Chouikh, Algeria/France.
  • Viva Laldjérie, 2004, Nadir Moknèche, Algeria/France.
  • Yema, 2012, Djamila Sahraoui, Algeria/France.

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