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Raï Is Not Dead

Raï Is Not Dead

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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. Icons that have disappeared, including Cheikha Remitti and Prince Hasni, to young heirs, passing by the star Khaled, the collector Hadj Sameer trace the tumultuous course of this musical genre, between clandestinity, planetary glory and resistance.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Ended

Original Language

French

Runtime

mins

Rating

10/10

Release Date

06 September 2025

Country

France

Cast

Hadj Sameer

Hadj Sameer

Self (Host)

Cheb Khaled

Cheb Khaled

Self

Cheb Hasni

Cheb Hasni

Self (archive footage)

Rachid Baba Ahmed

Rachid Baba Ahmed

Self (archive footage)

Cheikha Remitti

Cheikha Remitti

Self (archive footage)

Boutaïba Seghir

Boutaïba Seghir

Self

Cheb Mami

Cheb Mami

Self (archive footage)

Lotfi Attar

Lotfi Attar

Self

Chaba Fadela

Chaba Fadela

Self

Messaoud Bellemou

Messaoud Bellemou

Self

Cheb Sahraoui

Cheb Sahraoui

Self

Rachid Taha

Rachid Taha

Self (archive footage)

Cheb Bello

Cheb Bello

Self

Faudel

Faudel

Self (archive footage)

Safy Boutella

Safy Boutella

Self

Cheb Hamid

Cheb Hamid

Self

Mohamed Lamouri

Mohamed Lamouri

Self

Belkacem Bouteldja

Belkacem Bouteldja

Self

Mokhtar Bachiri

Mokhtar Bachiri

Self

Sofiane Saïdi

Sofiane Saïdi

Self

Nordine Staïfi

Nordine Staïfi

Self

Rabah El Maghnaoui

Rabah El Maghnaoui

Self

Cheb Bilal

Cheb Bilal

Self

Cheb Anouar

Cheb Anouar

Self

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