My Makhzen and Me (2012)
• February 20th, 2012 • 0h 43min
Documentary
Overview
In the summer of 2011, Nadir Bouhmouch, a Moroccan student studying abroad in California returns to his home country and finds it in a state of turmoil. The uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt had spread to Morocco. Organized by a group of students called the February 20th movement through Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and a website called Mamfakinch; People were flooding the streets and demanding change. But the Makhzen (the ruling elite) refuses to abandon it's grasp. This film investigates what gave birth to the revolt and the obstacles it encounters on it's struggle for freedom, democracy, human rights and an end to corruption and poverty.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Point and Shoot
Released on: 2014-04-19
Documentary
At first glance, Matthew VanDyke—a shy Baltimore native with a sheltered upbringing and a tormenting...
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
Released on: 2017-01-20
Documentary
When the Chinese Communist Party backtracks on its promise of autonomy to Hong Kong, teenager Joshua...
Karaoğlan: The Man whose Name Was Written on the Mountains
Released on: 2003-05-07
Documentary, History
A political amateur who was kneaded with art in the first half of the 1950s and was enthused with th...
Primary
Released on: 1960-11-08
Documentary
Primary is a documentary film about the primary elections between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphre...
The Corporation
Released on: 2003-09-10
Documentary
Since the late 18th century American legal decision that the business corporation organizational mod...
Aan ons den arbeid
Released on: 2007-11-28
Documentary
Documentary that shows the changing attitude towards immigrant labor in The Netherlands. The documen...
The Cave
Released on: 2019-10-18
Documentary
Deep beneath the surface in the Syrian province of Ghouta, a group of female doctors have establishe...
I Am FEMEN
Released on: 2014-05-22
Documentary
Oxana is a woman, a fighter, an artist. As a teenager, her passion for iconography almost inspires h...
Not Even in a Wildest Dream
Released on: 2017-06-13
Documentary
The challenges of the present, expectations for the future, and the dreams of those who experience t...
The Walk
Released on: 2023-11-09
Documentary
Asil is a young Syrian refugee awaiting documents in Turkey while processing the trauma of losing he...
Girls State
Released on: 2024-01-18
Documentary
What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? In this documentary, young fe...
Solidarność: How Solidarity Changed Europe
Released on: 2019-10-01
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Gdańsk, Poland, September 1980. Lech Wałęsa and other Lenin shipyard workers found Solidarność (Soli...
Art as a Weapon
Released on: 2014-06-12
Adventure, Documentary
Street art, creativity and revolution collide in this beautifully shot film about art’s ability to c...
Maidan
Released on: 2014-05-21
Documentary
A chronicle of the civil uprising against the regime of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych that t...
Re-Births
Released on: 2017-12-01
Documentary
A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to...
The Take
Released on: 2004-09-03
Documentary
In suburban Buenos Aires, thirty unemployed ceramics workers walk into their idle factory, roll out ...
1798 - Revolta dos Búzios
Released on: 2024-05-30
Documentary
One of the most important events in Brazilian history, the Búzios Revolt of 1798 was led by dozens o...
Steal This Film II
Released on: 2007-12-28
Documentary
These are strange times indeed. While they continue to command so much attention in the mainstream m...