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WITH ISLAM SHABANA
2023 - VIDEO - 11’32”
Certain beings of the desert have been around for a long time. Like us, they also need to make a living and navigate the market forces that drive our everyday lives. How do these invisible beings take up space in our world today? Jann-at (call me maybe) meanders through folklore and tales passed down through the years to let us into a-day-in-the-life of a jinn that reflects on their circumstances and attempts to navigate feelings of alienation in relation to the environment and hardships of our time.

This video was was made in collaboration with Islam Shabana and was developped as part of Ch[a]rita - Mirages of Resistance (2023), QANAT, screening at Le 18, photo courtesy of Ayman Lekouis, Le 18 Marrakech.