France
Filming, writing, producing, campaigning, committing, Yamina Benguigui combines images, words and political action in the present to transform the future without forgetting the past.
In her films, her books, her speeches... memory is the future of the present: "If you don't know your history, you're making the wrong history"... France, Algeria... Europe, Africa, bringing memories and cultures, women and men, into dialogue is the path we must follow if we want to imagine a common destiny...
Femmes d'Islam, Mémoires d'immigrés, Mohamed, Chaib... engagés pour la France, Le jardin parfumé, Le Plafond de verre, 9-3 Memoire d'un Territoire, Inch'Allah Dimanche, Aïcha, etc... She initiates citizen debate in the cinema, each of her films is a tool for freeing speech and challenging the public authorities
She has received a hundred or so national and international awards, including the 7 d'or, the Critics' Prize in Toronto, the Golden Gate Award in San Francisco, the Montreal Prize for Best Documentary, the La Rochelle Prize...
Her work is studied in the greatest universities, New York, Columbia, Northwestern, Princeton, The Ohio State University, The University of North Dakota, etc...
http://www.yaminabenguigui.fr/
