Les grandes voix de la chanson arabe : Oum Kalthoum by Simone Bitton Getty Images-STRINGER
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Territoires cinématographiques is a dialogue between live performance and cinema, devised in collaboration with Utopia cinemas in Avignon. It’s a daily programme of film screenings, after which the public meet and talk with theatre artists, choreographers, filmmakers, activists, critics and journalists invited to the Festival d’Avignon. This space explores the intimate relationships that these guests maintain between disciplines and with the world. It’s a place to take a broader look at the themes brought to the stage, the territories of the guest language and by the Café des idées.
Les grandes voix de la chanson arabe : Oum Kalthoum
Simone Bitton// France // documentary // 1991 // Original version with French subtitles
In the early 1990s, Simone Bitton directed three portraits of legends of Arab music: Oum Kalthoum, Mohamed Abdelwahab, and Farid Al Atrache. As the iconic voice of contemporary Egypt, Oum Kalthoum reigned for fifty years, spanning eras and political regimes. Coming from humble beginnings, she rose through her talent, determination, and charisma to become a true myth, earning the nickname "the Fourth Pyramid.".