Mohamed Reggab

محمد الركاب (Known as "Mohamed Reggab")

Visionary Film Director, Pioneer of Moroccan Social Realist Cinema

Born 1942

Safi, Morocco

Passed Away 1990 Paris, France

Lifespan 48 years old

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"The camera lens must be an honest witness to the struggles of the dispossessed."

Archival Overview

Pioneering Moroccan filmmaker whose 1982 social realist masterpiece Le Coiffeur du quartier des pauvres (The Barber of the Poor Quarter) is recognized as a landmark achievement of North African militant cinema.

Biographical Record

Mohamed Reggab studied cinema at the prestigious IDHEC in Paris. Returning to Morocco, he was a driving force behind the Moroccan Filmmakers' Association and the Khouribga African Film Festival, advocating for uncompromising cinema of social critique.

His 1982 masterpiece, Le Coiffeur du quartier des pauvres, filmed in Casablanca's Derb Sultan, portrayed working-class struggle against commercial exploitation with poetic realism, earning him international acclaim before his tragic early death in 1990.

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Final Resting Place

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Safi Municipal Cemetery
Safi, Morocco

                         GPS: 32.2995, -9.2375                    

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