Six and Twelve

18m

Six and Twelve is one of a series of short films and documentaries produced under the auspices of the Centre Cinématographique Marocain in the years after Moroccan independence. While most of these were utilitarian in nature, Bouanani, Tazi, and Rechiche took a different route with this film, creating a modernist “city symphony” film that documented six hours in the life of the city of Casablanca. Combining a hard bebop soundtrack with stunning black and white cinematography and a radical editing style, the film stands as a document to the energetic experimentation of this period of Moroccan art and cinema.

Cast

Crew

Ahmed Bouanani

Director, Writer, Editor

Mohamed Abderrahman Tazi

Director, Writer, Cinematography

Abdelmajid Rechiche

Director, Writer, Cinematography

Six and Twelve

Cast

Crew

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