Before Seriana

Before Seriana

Directed by Samy Benammar • 2024 • Algeria, Canada

“Mom, you brought me back to our homeland. All I know about these harsh landscapes I learned from books written by the hand that burned these mountains. I try to undo the colonial myths engraved into my memory, but the hills escape my gaze. Do you think I, too, have become the white djinn spoken of by the legends surrounding our martyrs?”

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Before Seriana
  • Before Seriana

    Directed by Samy Benammar • 2024 • Algeria, Canada

    “Mom, you brought me back to our homeland. All I know about these harsh landscapes I learned from books written by the hand that burned these mountains. I try to undo the colonial myths engraved into my memory, but the hills escape my gaze. Do y...