PREVIEW: Casablanca Beats (12A)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ismail Adouab (film debut), Nouhaila Arif (film debut), Samah Barigou (film debut), Abdelilah Basbousi (film debut), Anas Basbousi (film debut), Zineb Boujemaa (film debut), Meryem Nekkach (film debut), Mehdi Razzouk (film debut), Amina Kannan (film debut), Soufiane Belali (film debut), Maha Menan (film debut), Marwa Kniniche (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Nabil Ayouch (Horses of God), director, writer, producer; Amine Benjelloun (Adam), Alain Cohen (film debut), Martine Cohen (film debut), Alexandra Henochsberg (Happy as Lazzaro) and Bruno Nahon (Dealing with Time), producers; Fabien Kourtzer (The Journey) and Mike Kourtzer (My Golden Days), composers; Amine Messadi (Sweat Rain) and Virginie Surdej (My Blue-Eyed Kid), cinematographers; Marie-Hélène Dozo (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Julia Gregory (Arctic Heart) and Yassir Hamani (film debut), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In Morocco, Anas (Basbousi) is a former rapper who now works at a local arts centre, where he inspires his students to break free from societal trappings and express themselves through the art of hip-hop…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The virtues and cultural significance of hip-hop reaches the streets of Morocco in this inspiring reflection of local youth society by filmmaker Nabil Ayouch.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 29TH APRIL 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT EXCLUSIVELY ON CURZON HOME CINEMA

 

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