Tegen Williams, A HUNDRED CAMELS IN THE COURTYARD
April 24, 2024 - May 8, 2024
Following the original map hand drawn by composer and writer Paul Bowles in the 1950s, a group returns to sites in Morocco where the first audio recordings of Berber music were made.
This film is told through the intercutting of collage, stills, and video captured on the journey - as well as archival footage.
It is a meditation on documentary as a form and the power and fragility of cultural knowledge passed down through generations
"...one belongs to the whole world and not just one part of it" quote by Paul Bowles.
Director Tegen Williams
Director of Photography Raf Fellner
Producer Andrew S. Karsch
Co Producer Karim Debbagh, Mustafa Istaite, Ayad Fadel & Ben Irving
Additional Photography Hoagy Pollen & Jack Irving
Executive Producer Richard Horowitz
Musical Score by Jamie Travis
Many Thanks to Centre Cinematographique Marocain
Duration: 50 min