Algérie Couleurs
Djouhra Abouda, Alain Bonnamy
Presented only in theatres.
This film is part of the program Carte Blanche au Centre Pompidou.
In the 1970s, Djouhra Abouda developed a film project within the laboratories of the University of Vincennes, in collaboration with architect Alain Bonnamy (1947). A hub of student protest in 1968, Vincennes remained a center of intellectual fervor at the time, where the lectures of Gilles Deleuze and Jean-François Lyotard profoundly influenced a generation. Their collaboration resulted in three films, in which they experimented with the interplay of forms, colors, and sounds while embedding their political and activist commitment against racism, exclusion, and destructive capitalism. Algérie Couleurs is an experimental film that explores the cultural and social nuances of post-independence Algeria, offering a unique perspective on the daily life and aspirations of the Algerian people.
Artwork Label:
ABOUDA, Djouhra – BONNAMY, Alain
Algeria, Couleurs, 1972
Couleurs, 1972
Digitized 16mm film, color, sound, 16min
Digitized 16mm film, color, sound
Donated in 2021
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée National d’Art Moderne / Centre de Création Industrielle
Additional Information:
Cinema, Film
Duration: 16 min
Copyright: All rights reserved
Inventory number: AM 2021-F29
Insurance value: 0 EUR (19÷12÷2024)
This film is part of the program Carte Blanche au Centre Pompidou.
In the 1970s, Djouhra Abouda developed a film project within the laboratories of the University of Vincennes, in collaboration with architect Alain Bonnamy (1947). A hub of student protest in 1968, Vincennes remained a center of intellectual fervor at the time, where the lectures of Gilles Deleuze and Jean-François Lyotard profoundly influenced a generation. Their collaboration resulted in three films, in which they experimented with the interplay of forms, colors, and sounds while embedding their political and activist commitment against racism, exclusion, and destructive capitalism. Algérie Couleurs is an experimental film that explores the cultural and social nuances of post-independence Algeria, offering a unique perspective on the daily life and aspirations of the Algerian people.
Artwork Label:
ABOUDA, Djouhra – BONNAMY, Alain
Algeria, Couleurs, 1972
Couleurs, 1972
Digitized 16mm film, color, sound, 16min
Digitized 16mm film, color, sound
Donated in 2021
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée National d’Art Moderne / Centre de Création Industrielle
Additional Information:
Cinema, Film
Duration: 16 min
Copyright: All rights reserved
Inventory number: AM 2021-F29
Insurance value: 0 EUR (19÷12÷2024)
| Director | Djouhra Abouda, Alain Bonnamy |
| Script | Djouhra Abouda, Alain Bonnamy |
| Editing | Djouhra Abouda |
| Camera | Alain Bonnamy |
| Cinematographer | Alain Bonnamy |
Session
• Université Concordia - J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell
Saturday, march 15, 2025, 03:00 p.m. — 04:33 p.m.
Production
Djouhra Abouda
Born in Kabylia in 1949, Djouhra Abouda arrived in France at the age of five, accompanied by her mother and older brother. They settled in the Belleville district of Paris, before moving in 1964 to the cité des Quatre Mille, in La Courneuve. At the age of sixteen, she enrolled at the Jussieu School of Performing Arts, where she discovered Antigone and other plays from the classical repertoire. Breaking with her family, she returned to Vincennes University in the 1970s. In the 1980s, she founded the group Djurdjura, with whom she released several albums before going solo, notably with the album Uni-vers-elles in 2002. It was at Vincennes University that Djouhra Abouda met architect, photographer and filmmaker Alain Bonnamy (1947). Together, they made three films: Algérie Couleurs (1972), Cinécité (1973−1974), a project on the mixing of cultures, and Ali aux pays des merveilles (1976), a militant film denouncing the living conditions of Algerian workers in France.
Biographical notes provided by the Carte Blanche’s curator
Biographical notes provided by the Carte Blanche’s curator
Ciné-cité (1973−1974)
Ali in Wonderland (1976)
Ali in Wonderland (1976)
Alain Bonnamy
Alain Bonnamy is an architect and photographer born in 1947. Together with Djouhra Abouda, they made three films: Algérie couleurs (1970−1972), a cinematographic study of color in Algerian architecture based on photographs taken by Alain Bonnamy; Cinécité (1973−1974); and Ali au pays des merveilles (1975), a militant film about the living conditions of immigrant workers in France.
Biographical notes provided by the Carte Blanche’s curator
Biographical notes provided by the Carte Blanche’s curator
In the same session
Université Concordia - J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell
Saturday, march 15, 2025, 03:00 p.m.
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