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Before the Dying of the Light: Morocco's golden age of creativity

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A feature-length documentary by Ali Essafi, Before the Dying of the Light offers a subjective collection of archives, photos and personal stories, by way of a poignant tribute to the artistic scene of 1970s Morocco, swept away by the dictatorship of Hassan II. Watch above...

Presented via RTÉ's innovative content agreement with ARTE, the European culture TV channel.

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