Une femme taxi a Sidi Bel-Abbčs . A Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbes
Soros Documentary Fund When her husband died, Soumicha, mother of three, had to earn a living. She became the only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbès, Algeria. This film accompanies Soumicha around a city where religious and political violence rages, and records her experiences in a job normally re...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Arabic French |
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Belgium
2000
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:b988e734-50df-4876-9510-a64b0cc69138 |
| Summary: | Soros Documentary Fund
When her husband died, Soumicha, mother of three, had to earn a living. She became the only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbès, Algeria. This film accompanies Soumicha around a city where religious and political violence rages, and records her experiences in a job normally reserved for men. Soumicha's interactions with her fares introduce us to contradictory aspects of Algerian society: men who frown on working women are happy to have a cabby with whom they can trust their wives and daughters; other men are supportive, and critical of Algeria's treatment of women, despite the constant threat of the violent Islamic movement. |
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| Published: | 2000 |