Laïcité, inch'Allah! / Jour 2 fête ; Ventes Internationales ; David Kodsi presents ; a coproduction K'ien Productions and Z'Yeux Noirs Movies ; produced by David Kodsi, Jan Vasak, and Nadia El Fani ; a film by Nadia El Fani.

[Brooklyn, New York] : [Distributed by] Icarus Films, [2011]

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This film is a cinematic exploration of secularism in the Muslim country of Tunisia before and after the deposition of dictator Ben Ali. Made at the height of the 2010-2011 revolutions in North Africa, the film has proven so controversial that it has made the director a target of extremist death threats. Officially, Tunisia is not an Islamic nation. But over and over, [director] El Fani meets Tunisians who mistakenly believe that it is illegal to serve alcohol to Arabs, break the fast during Ramadan, or practice a religion other than Islam. In these encounters, she sees troubling signs that Tunisia may be becoming less tolerant of non-Islamic beliefs. This film documents Tunisians resisting religious ideology and fighting for a secular state in their everyday lives.

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French; Arabic

October 30, 2018

Camera, Fatma Cherif, Dominique Delapierre, Nadia El Fani ; editor, Jeremy Leroux.

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