In the mining area of Tunisia on January 5, 2008, a sit-in in front of the town hall of Redeyef marked the beginning of a civil disobedience movement, which lasted six months. The participants were teachers, unemployed and young people, all desperate. They created a grassroots movement yet unprecedented in Tunisian history, the “revolt of dignity”, which led three years later to the Tunisian revolution. What remains of this human adventure? Broken souls, open wounds, but also pride and dignity.
Sami Tlili is a young Tunisian director. He teaches art history, French literature and African cinema at Factulté des Lettres of Sousse. Former active member of the Ciné-Clubs movement and of the Tunisian Federation of Amateur Filmmakers (FTCA), he has released three short film that have won awards in several international festivals. Maudit soit le phosphate is his first feature documentary.
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