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CineMAfriq Film Series

An archive and resource for films discussed as part of the BU African Studies Libraries' CineMAfriq Film Series.

Viva Laldjerie (Algeria, 2004)

Story of three women living in today's Algeria between modern society and Islamic fundamentalism, self-determination and dependence. A young woman who works for a photographer and mistress of a rich doctor, her mother, a former cabaret star, and her best friend, a prostitute, all live in a hotel in the city center of Algiers and their difficult personal situation and the growing influence of Islam lead to dramatic consequence.

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