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Release Year2023
Runtime1 Season
LanguageArabic
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary
Votes1
DirectorHadj Sameer, Simon Maisonobe, Grégoire Belhoste
WritersHadj Sameer, Grégoire Belhoste, Simon Maisonobe
TypeWeb Series
Rating10.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsRaï Is Not Dead
About Raï Is Not Dead
What musical genre can claim to have gone, in the space of fifty years, from a hidden cabaret in Oran to Super Bowl halftime? Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, the raï wave spread from the cabarets of western Algeria to the cassette shops of Barbès in Paris, before sweeping the world at the end of the 1980s. its hybridization, the intoxicating music traveled from Algerian and French weddings to the biggest international stages, before suddenly disappearing from the radar at the dawn of the new millennium. Icons that have disappeared, including Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni, to young heirs, passing by the star Khaled, the collector Hadj Sameer trace the tumultuous course of this musical genre, between clandestinity, planetary glory and resistance.
Directed by Hadj Sameer, Simon Maisonobe, Grégoire Belhoste, Raï Is Not Dead leans on a strong ensemble — Hadj Sameer, Cheb Khaled, Cheb Hasni — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The series landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 2023.
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