
Riveting depictions of the humanity at stake when the desire to live a normal life can be upended.
ABOUT THE FILM:
And Still, It Remains is a meditation on the afterlife of French nuclear toxicity in Algeria through a community shaped but not circumscribed by its history. In Mertoutek, a village nestled in the Hoggar Mountains of Algeria’s Southern Sahara, we spend time with the Escamaran community as they narrate their accounts and understanding of time, toxic colonialism and how to survive the end of your world. Summoning the landscape as a witness, the film also affords the residents some distance from colonial forms of visual capture and challenges visibility as the currency for political redress.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah are a directing duo dedicated to exploring race, migration, the environment and other ongoing legacies of colonialism through film. Together they also co-founded Other Cinemas, a project dedicated to supporting Black and non-white communities in London through free film screenings and a free, year-long film school.
- Year2023
- Runtime28 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryUK, Algeria
- PremiereNew York Premiere
- DirectorArwa Aburawa, Turab Shah
- ProducerTurab Shah, Arwa Aburawa
- Executive ProducerArwa Aburawa, Turab Shah
- CinematographerTurab Shah
- EditorArwa Aburawa
- Sound DesignSami El-Enany
Riveting depictions of the humanity at stake when the desire to live a normal life can be upended.
ABOUT THE FILM:
And Still, It Remains is a meditation on the afterlife of French nuclear toxicity in Algeria through a community shaped but not circumscribed by its history. In Mertoutek, a village nestled in the Hoggar Mountains of Algeria’s Southern Sahara, we spend time with the Escamaran community as they narrate their accounts and understanding of time, toxic colonialism and how to survive the end of your world. Summoning the landscape as a witness, the film also affords the residents some distance from colonial forms of visual capture and challenges visibility as the currency for political redress.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:
Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah are a directing duo dedicated to exploring race, migration, the environment and other ongoing legacies of colonialism through film. Together they also co-founded Other Cinemas, a project dedicated to supporting Black and non-white communities in London through free film screenings and a free, year-long film school.
- Year2023
- Runtime28 minutes
- LanguageArabic
- CountryUK, Algeria
- PremiereNew York Premiere
- DirectorArwa Aburawa, Turab Shah
- ProducerTurab Shah, Arwa Aburawa
- Executive ProducerArwa Aburawa, Turab Shah
- CinematographerTurab Shah
- EditorArwa Aburawa
- Sound DesignSami El-Enany