The genie’s night

A documentary directed by Pierre Guicheney.

Synopsis

Mar­rakech: an immer­sion into the secret and warm world of the Gnawa. They are the musi­cians, priest­esses and ini­ti­ates of the cult of pos­ses­sion that comes from the descen­dants of the mor­ro­can slaves. Ahmed Baqbou, one of the great­est gnawa’ music mas­ters is our guide into an uni­verse where fes­tiv­ity, musi­cal vir­tu­os­ity and pres­ences of the invis­i­ble power of the genies gather to build a pow­er­ful harmony.