Before the Dying of the Light

Name: Before the Dying of the Light
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 19, 2021
Duration: 68 min

2021

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| Release Date (Streaming): March 19, 2021 | Not Rated

Summary: This glittering collage of posters, magazine covers, archive footage, jazz music, and cartoons takes you back to the art scene of 1970s Morocco, viewed from the perspective of the artists and actors themselves. Many of them were to end up in prison or disappear without a trace. The story revolves around a Moroccan independent film fromThis glittering collage of posters, magazine covers, archive footage, jazz music, and cartoons takes you back to the art scene of 1970s Morocco, viewed from the perspective of the artists and actors themselves. Many of them were to end up in prison or disappear without a trace. The story revolves around a Moroccan independent film from 1974, About Some Meaningless Events by Mostafa Derkaoui, where a group of young filmmakers explored the role the new Moroccan cinema should play in society. The counterculture arose from Marxist student movements which saw cinema as an “instrument for sensitization” and self-discovery. However, fter just a single public screening, it was censored by the government. But the negatives of this long-lost film were rediscovered in Spain and have recently been restored. Dedicated to the victims of censorship and oppression, Before the Dying of the Light employs riotously edited fragments and evokes a time of excitement about the future before it was extinguished by the repressive years under King Hassan II. Now that flame is briefly rekindled as these images are shown once again. [Taskovski Films LTD.]… Expand

Director: Ali Essafi

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 68 min

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Glenn Kenny

Mar 18, 2021

Even for viewers with little grounding in Moroccan history, Essafi’s film offers an inspiring view of a roiling period of artistic exploration. Read full review

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