La Zerda et les chants de l’oubli
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La Zerda et les chants de l’oubli is a 1982 documentary film by Assia Djebar that explores Algerian history and collective memory through archival footage and a poetic, feminist lens.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | documentary film ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
challenge colonial visual narratives
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recover marginalized memories ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
Algerian women
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French colonial presence in North Africa ⓘ colonial military parades ⓘ daily life under colonial rule ⓘ labor and exploitation ⓘ |
| director | Assia Djebar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
erasure of indigenous voices
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memory of resistance ⓘ representation of Algerians in colonial archives ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary
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essay film ⓘ historical documentary ⓘ |
| hasAuthorOfVoiceover | Assia Djebar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitleInFrench | La Zerda et les chants de l’oubli NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Algerian history
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French colonialism in Algeria ⓘ Maghreb under French rule NERFINISHED ⓘ collective memory ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
essayistic
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poetic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
feminist reinterpretation of colonial archives
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poetic commentary on Algerian history ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOf | Assia Djebar’s cinematic work on memory ⓘ |
| perspective | feminist ⓘ |
| portraysFromViewpointOf |
Algerian people
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Algerian women ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1982 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | French colonial era in Algeria ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
feminist film criticism
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postcolonial film studies analysis ⓘ scholarship on Algerian cinema ⓘ |
| theme |
colonial violence
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memory and forgetting ⓘ postcolonial critique ⓘ silencing of colonized peoples ⓘ women’s perspectives on history ⓘ |
| uses | archival footage ⓘ |
| workOf | Assia Djebar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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