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A Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbès (2000)

A Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbès (2000)

Documentary

The only female cab driver in her city!

Release Date: 2000, July 3
Directors: Belkacem Hadjadj
Countries: Belgium, Algeria
Production: Les Films de la Passerelle, Machaho Production

Overview:

When her husband died Soumicha, mother of three, had to earn a living. She became the only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbès, Algeria. This film accompanies Soumicha around a city where religious and political violence rages, and records her experiences in a job normally reserved for men.

Keywords:

africa women's rights sociology algeria maghreb