Letter to My Sister

Overview

Nabila Djahnine, president of the feminist association Thirghri N'tmetout, died in hands of an armed group in Tizi Ouzou (Algeria) in 1995. The Islamists forced women, on pain of death, to wear the hijab or stop working. It was the first time a feminist woman paid with her life. Nabila wrote a letter to her sister Habiba in 1994. This documentary is her answer. In 2006 Habiba comes back to the place to restore her sister’s memory, her point of view, the day of her death and the political moment Algeria was going through at that time.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 3, 2006

Original language

French

Spoken languages

Arabic, French

Countries

Algeria, France

Production

Momento!,Etouchane,Polygone Etoilé

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded