
The Revolution Of El Harrachi
Documentary · Music
Overview
The artistic journey of Dahmane El Harrachi, born in 1925 in Algiers, bears the mark of his experience. An attentive and vigilant observer of the environment of immigrant workers, Dahmane has always avoided falling into the ambient miserabilism. From the Algerian Chaâbi, he has kept certain melodic lines and a clear propensity for sayings drawn from the oral poetic tradition. El Harrachi uses simple language, understandable by all popular sectors of the Maghreb, which partly explains its wide success. In 1949, he went to France and it was in cafes, springboard places where people come to breathe the air of the country, that he performed regularly. Elegant, with his beautiful atmosphere, the “bluesman” of the suburbs seduces, upsets and stirs consciences. Discovered late by the new generation, the creator of Ya Rayah met a tragic end, on August 31, 1980, in a car accident, on the Algiers coast which he sublimated above all else.
Top Cast


Dahmane El Harrachi
Dahmane El Harrachi
Self (archive footage)
Dahmane El Harrachi
Self (archive footage)


Kamel El Harrachi
Kamel El Harrachi
Self
Kamel El Harrachi
Self


Cheb Khaled
Cheb Khaled
Self
Cheb Khaled
Self


Kamel Hamadi
Kamel Hamadi
Self
Kamel Hamadi
Self


Cheikh Namous
Cheikh Namous
Self
Cheikh Namous
Self


Mahdi Berrached
Mahdi Berrached
Self
Mahdi Berrached
Self
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