Checks & Balances

Overview

Accommodated since Algeria's Bloody Decade of the 1990’s in the ""House of the Press"", the journalists of the famous daily newspaper El Watan await the completion of their new offices, a symbol of their independence. My camera is embedded in their newsroom as they follow the events of this new Algerian spring... President Bouteflika has set his sights on a 4th term. Beyond what we call the Arab revolutions and other mediatized terms, I wanted this film to serve as a memorial to the women and men, young and less young, who battle daily to safeguard the freedom of information in a politically and socially fossilized country.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 27, 2016

Original language

French

Spoken languages

Arabic, French

Countries

France, Algeria

Production

Hikayet Films

Director

Malek Bensmaïl

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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