Une Femme Taxi à Sidi Bel Abbès

Une Femme Taxi à Sidi Bel Abbès (2000)

July 3rd, 20000h 52min

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When her husband died Soumicha, mother of three, had to earn a living. She became the only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbès, Algeria. This film accompanies Soumicha around a city where religious and political violence rages, and records her experiences in a job normally reserved for men.


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