The so called arab spring like a wave of upris­ing against oppres­sive regimes changed a lot the arab world.

What about Moroc­co?

Seems like the media just focus on coun­tries like Tunisia and Egypt. But in the under­ground rev­o­lu­tion­ary activists, espe­cial­ly in Rabat, use some tech­niques of civ­il resis­tance, involv­ing strikes, demon­stra­tions, and as well as the sub­ver­sive use of social media. The Gueril­la Cin­e­ma Col­lec­tive from Rabat is a part in that youth action. The col­lec­tive is ris­ing aware­ness for the polit­i­cal repres­sion in Moroc­co through crit­i­cal film­mak­ing.

On 9^th May we are hap­py to have Hamza and Youness, as part of the col­lec­tive at the Insel Jena. At 8pm they will show two of their movies “Bas­ta” and “My Makhzen and Me” in the gar­den of the Insel. After­wards we will talk in an open dis­cus­sion round about the actu­al polit­i­cal sit­u­a­tion in Moroc­co, the so called arab spring, cen­sor­ship and rev­o­lu­tion­ary under­ground move­ment in Moroc­co.

Come by, watch and dis­cuss with us at the Insel (Inselplatz 9a, Jena).