My Makhzen and Me

My Makhzen and Me is a 2012 documentary Moroccan film directed, produced and shot by Nadir Bouhmouch. The documentary was the first of its kind in Morocco, an unprecedented and direct critique of the Moroccan Makhzen, it portrayed the struggle of the prodemocracy Februaryyouth Movement and made extensive use of footage shot by activists on telephones or home video cameras showing police violence at the demonstrations held throughout 2011 and early 2012.

The film was produced clandestinely with no shooting permits in what director Nadir Bouhmouch calls an act of civil disobedience against Moroccos state film institution, the Centre Cinematographique Marocain CCM and what he perceives as restrictive film censorship laws. Bouhmouch worked on every aspect of the film except for music, as a result, the film cost less than 200USD.The film is censored in Morocco. In one attempt to screen it at the ttonants Voyageurs Film Festival in Rabat, the Moroccan authorities threatened to shut down the entire festival. The festival was forced to remove the film from their program. Screenings inside Morocco have been clandestine, held at workers unions and human rights centers. ........

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