The Tempest Society
Bouchra Khalili in conversation with Joachim Ben Yakoub
This event ran from 05.04.2024 to 06.04.2024. But wait, there's always more at Kanal! Check out the calendar.
The Tempest Society is neither documentary nor fiction, but rather a hypothesis. Three Athenians from different backgrounds form a group to examine the current state of Greece, Europe, and the Mediterranean. They get together on a theatre stage that is being used as a public space. They call themselves The Tempest Society in tribute to Al Assifa ('the tempest' in Arabic), a theatrical troupe consisting mainly of North African immigrant workers and French students with North African heritage that was active in 1970s Paris. Al Assifa used the format of a ‘theatrical newspaper’ to communicate the everyday struggles of immigrants against inequality and racism in France.
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Forty years later, Al Assifa’s legacy is being revived. On a theatre stage, the Tempest Society and their guests call for equality, a sense of citizenship, and solidarity.
The film is followed by a conversation with Bouchra Khalili and Joachim Ben Yakoub.
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