Zanj Revolution
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Ibn Battuta works as a journalist for an Algerian daily newspaper. While covering community clashes in Southern Algeria, he finds himself incidentally picking up the trail of long forgotten uprisings against the Abbasid Caliphate, back in 8th-9th century Iraq. For the purpose of his investigation he goes to Beirut, a city that used to embody the hopes and struggles of the Arab World...
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Tariq Teguia Director · Yacine Teguia Screenplay Rodolphe Molla Editor
First release November 15, 2013 · Produced in Algeria, France, Lebanon, Qatar · Languages Arabic, English, French, Greek
Production
Neffa Films
Production
Zendj
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Mirrors
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Le Fresnoy
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Captures
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Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains
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Algeria · France · Lebanon · Qatar
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Original title
Thwara Zanj
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
Arabic · English · French · Greek
Release dates
Italy · November 15, 2013
Premiere
France · March 11, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
November 2, 2014 · Vienna International Film Festival
Canada
October 14, 2014 · Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal
Greece
May 19, 2015 · Greek Film Archive
Serbia
December 4, 2015 · FAF Belgrade
Switzerland
April 11, 2019 · Premiere · Visions du Réel
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