original title:
Les amoureux des bancs publics
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country:
Italy
year:
2017
film run:
60'
format:
colour
status:
Ready (24/07/2017)
From the demonstrations of December 2010 an esthetic and political genre, street-art,
took possession of Tunisian streets and public space, by transforming it into a place
where artistic and cultural creations take shape and spread a message that arrives directly
to every citizen.
Groups of writers, dance, theatre and cinema companies have transformed places,
medinas and markets of Tunis and Tunisia in a new stage usable by everyone, in order
to sensitize the civil society to art, meant as civic duty.
By following the work of groups as Zwewla, Ghar-boys, Fédération Tunisienne de Ciné-
Club, Brotha from Another Motha Company, Danseurs-Citoyens, Art Solution and many
others, the documentary analyzes a new way of active citizenship in post-revolutionary
Tunisia and the impact that this one could have, in the current precarious context, on
Tunisian civil society, and in particular on new generations, by diffusing an alternative
culture to most radical movements of the country.