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Fatma has known the open sea since she was five. At age 13, she went out to sea with her fisher father. At 15, she cast the nets. Fatma is the only woman in this line of work, among a hundred men of her region in Algeria. She does the same work they do. In a country where women endure the dead weight of tradition and religion, Fatma practices a profession usually reserved for men. There are only two or three cases like hers in the region. In this portrait of Fatma the “Raïssa”, this documentary depicts the social conditions of the artisan fishers, the revival of the fishing trade, as well as the rights of women who are at the center of this contradictory society still torn between archaism and modernity.

France - 2004 - 26 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour

Director Faouzia Fekiri Camera Christian Auxemery Sound Nicolas Bonnet Editing Andres Alvarez

Production Grand Angle, Bâtiment 51, Rue des Terres Neuves, 33130 Bègles, France Tél : +33 (0)5 5690 4904 Fax : +33 (0)5 5690 4905 E-mail : prod@grandangle.com

Sales Grand Angle, Bâtiment 51, Rue des Terres Neuves, 33130 Bègles, France Tél : +33 (0)5 5690 4904 Fax : +33 (0)5 5690 4905 E-mail : prod@grandangle.com