The artistic journey of Dahmane El Harrachi, born in 1925 in Algiers, bears the mark of his experience. An attentive and vigilant observer of the environment of immigrant workers, Dahmane has always avoided falling into the ambient miserabilism. From the Algerian Chaâbi, he has kept certain melodic lines and a clear propensity for sayings drawn from the oral poetic tradition. El Harrachi uses simple language, understandable by all popular sectors of the Maghreb, which partly explains its wide success. In 1949, he went to France and it was in cafes, springboard places where people come to breathe the air of the country, that he performed regularly. Elegant, with his beautiful atmosphere, the “bluesman” of the suburbs seduces, upsets and stirs consciences. Discovered late by the new generation, the creator of Ya Rayah met a tragic end, on August 31, 1980, in a car accident, on the Algiers coast which he sublimated above all else.
Release Date : Nov 12, 2014
Genres : Documentary, Music
Production Company : Al Jazeera Documentary Channel, Radiodiffusion Télévision Algérienne (RTA), Darkside Film & TV Production, Canal Coquelicot
Production Countries : Algeria, France, Lebanon, Qatar
Original Language : العربية, Français
Casts : Dahmane El Harrachi, Kamel El Harrachi, Cheb Khaled, Kamel Hamadi, Cheikh Namous, Mahdi Berrached
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Status : Released
Budget : 0
Revenue : 0
