Fatma 75

Interview with Selma Baccar

Wassyla Tamzali, 1979
CONVERSATION
19.05.2021
EN

Selma Baccar’s film opens with a series of portraits of women who have marked the history of Tunisia through the ages. In a theatrical way, Sophonisba, Kahina, Jelajil, and Aziza present themselves to us as the predecessors, through their courageous actions, of this young girl, Fatma, in 1975.

Interview with Selma Baccar

Farida Ayari, Férid Boughedir, Guy Hennebelle, 1981
CONVERSATION
19.05.2021
EN

“The International Women’s Year provided me with the opportunity to make it [Fatma 75]. I figured that, for the first Tunisian film entirely devoted to this subject, I must not resort to fiction but make an analytical work. Through this film, I set about demystifying what is called ‘the miracle of Tunisian women’s emancipation’.”