• 2021
Raï Is Not Dead

Summary What musical genre can claim to have gone, in the space of fifty years, from a hidden cabaret in Oran to Super Bowl halftime? Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, the raï wave spread from the cabarets of western Algeria to the cassette shops of Barbès in Paris, before sweeping the world at the end of the 1980s. its hybridization, the intoxicating music traveled from Algerian and French weddings to the biggest international stages, before suddenly disappearing from the radar at the dawn of the new millennium. From missing icons, including Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni, to young heirs, passing by the star Khaled, the collector Hadj Sameer retraces the tumultuous course of this musical genre, between clandestinity, planetary glory and resistance. View more details

  • 2021

Raï Is Not Dead

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Stars : Khaled Rachid Taha Mohamed Khelifati Lotfi Attar

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Genres : Music Documentary

Release date : Dec 31, 2020

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : ARTE

Language : French

Production companies : ARTE ZED

Summary What musical genre can claim to have gone, in the space of fifty years, from a hidden cabaret in Oran to Super Bowl halftime? Born in Algeria at the end of the Second World War, the raï wave spread from the cabarets of western Algeria to the cassette shops of Barbès in Paris, before sweeping the world at the end of the 1980s. its hybridization, the intoxicating music traveled from Algerian and French weddings to the biggest international stages, before suddenly disappearing from the radar at the dawn of the new millennium. From missing icons, including Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni, to young heirs, passing by the star Khaled, the collector Hadj Sameer retraces the tumultuous course of this musical genre, between clandestinity, planetary glory and resistance. View more details

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Genres : Music Documentary

Release date : Dec 31, 2020

Countries of origin : France

Official sites : ARTE

Language : French

Production companies : ARTE ZED

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Chaba Fadela in Raï Is Not Dead (2021) Boutaïba Seghir in Raï Is Not Dead (2021) Hadj Sameer in Raï Is Not Dead (2021) Messaoud Bellemou in Raï Is Not Dead (2021) Hadj Sameer in Raï Is Not Dead (2021) Khaled in Raï Is Not Dead (2021) Raï Is Not Dead (2021) Raï Is Not Dead (2021)

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Episode 1 • Feb 05, 2023
Apogée et chute du raï
DJ Hadj Sameer, collector and digger, sets off in search of the "lost ark" of the raï of his childhood, with the aim of making a mixtape. From the electrifying "Ya Zina" by Raina Rai to the iconic "Didi" by Cheb Khaled, up to 1, 2, 3 soleils (Taha, Faudel, Khaled), iconic hit of the year 1998, a look back at the birth of a musical genre that is experiencing rapid global growth.
Episode 2 • Feb 05, 2023
Barbès, capitale du raï
Hadj Sameer continues his quest among the latest record stores and publishers in the Barbès district of Paris. It is also here that the legendary Cheihka Remitti popularized the genre, developing both the sulphurous and traditional side. We can, at this time, hope to meet her in the cafes where she performs regularly.
Episode 3 • Feb 05, 2023
Lyon et Marseille, les avant-postes du raï
In Lyon, it is with the help of the record stores of Sofa Records that Hadj Sameer finds one of the leading singers of the city, Rabah El Magnaoui. In Marseille, at nightfall, we come across the young star generation of raï singers, boosted by auto-tune, who accumulate millions of listeners in Algeria: Cheb Bello or Cheba Warda.
Episode 4 • Feb 05, 2023
Oran, la terre mère
Long decried and censored, raï has seduced young people confronted with the economic and social crisis. Faced with this success, the Algerian State ended up recognizing recognized this musical genre. Cheb Hasni, prince of raï love, hero of the city, is one of the singers who embodied this youth more than all the others. He was killed in September 1994.
Episode 5 • Feb 05, 2023
Aux sources du raï moderne
Across western Algeria, it is simultaneously Messaoud Bellemou's trumpet, Ahmed Zergui's wah wah pedal and Raïna Raï's guitars that give the genre its rhythm and musicality.
Episode 6 • Feb 05, 2023
Sur la route de Jijel
Hadj Sameer leaves Oranie for Eastern Algeria, direction Jijel to know the new scene. If rap and zenqaoui present themselves today in first place, artists find their inspiration in the heritage left by raï, of which they are the heirs. Arrived in the city of origin of his family, Hadj Sameer can finally hear the first title of his mixtape.
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