Al-Awdah li Agadir

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Al-Awdah li Agadir, is a 2017 Moroccan movie, directed by Mohamed Afifi. with a runtime of 12 minutes.

Overview

Al-Awdah li Agadir is a 1967 Moroccan documentary film that chronicles the ambitious reconstruction of Agadir following the devastating 1960 earthquake that nearly erased the city from the map. Shot with a modernist, constructivist eye, the film transforms the urban rebuilding process into a visual meditation on resilience and human determination. Its imagery, akin to moving image tableaux, recalls avant-garde art traditions while grounding itself in the lived reality of a city rising from ruin. A significant document in North African cinema history, the film finds beauty and meaning in the act of collective reconstruction.

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