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- Rating: Not Rated
- Format: Blu-ray
- Release Date: 05/04/2021
- Label: The Criterion Collection
- Region: Canada, US
- Category: Criterion, Documentaries, Foreign, Music
Trances [Criterion] (BLU)
Ahmed El Maânouni
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Synopsis
Ahmed El Maânouni's musical documentary explores the sound and impact of the internationally popular Moroccan acoustic band Nass El Ghiwane, an ensemble that formed in the early 70s and remains active to this day. Their singular style-blending local music, poetry and dance forms, western instrumentation, and socially conscious lyrics-is captured in performance for rapt audiences. 88 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Moroccan Arabic mono; Subtitles: English; featurettes. In Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles.
- 2K digital restoration courtesy of The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Introduction from 2013 by The Film Foundation's founder and chair, Martin Scorsese
- Interview program from 2013 featuring director Ahmed El Maanouni, producer Izza Génini, musician Omar Sayed, and Scorsese
- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Sally Shafto
Product Details
- Format: Color, Widescreen
- Language: Arabic
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1:66:1
- Number of Discs: 1
- Rating: Not Rated
- Label: The Criterion Collection
- Release Date: 05/04/2021
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- Catalogue #: 3246
- Region: Canada, US
