Built in 1929. 784 single-story residential units. Demolition work begun in 2005 and enters its final phase in 2020. 25 families still need to be relocated. In an atmosphere of a summery siesta, a novel foreign architect encounters the female neighbours of a Spanish working-class district that is about to be demolished. A daytime fable of ghosts from another time.… >>>
We approach La Rouguière from a bird's eye view. Residents talk about their life in this unique district of Marseille which welcomed returnees from Algeria in 1962. Their stories evoke memories haunted by history and the loss of loved ones, not the least of which is the relationship between France and Algeria.… >>>
To make a film about Senegalese resistance heroine Aline Sitoé Diatta, a young filmmaker returns to her birthplace of Dakar. Various young women are cast for the role of Aline. The search for the right Aline turns out to be as important as the planned reenactment. Because director Rokhaya Marieme Balde, together with all the participants on set, learns piece by piece the legendary story around and about Aline.… >>>