• Director(s):

    BITTON (SIMONE)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, ARTICLE Z

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2001

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV

This film deals with Ben Barka's life. He went on to be one of the leaders of his country's struggle for independence and of the Third-World movement of the 60's.

Rather than re-examine Ben Barka's "disappearance" from Paris in October 1965, this film deals with his life. In a way his physical disappearance also eliminated him from history. The "Ben Barka Affair" became the center of attention; Mehdi Ben Barka was forgotten. At the very moment that Morocco is trying to exorcise years of repression, "The Moroccan Equation" combines first hand testimony with archival records. Together they trace the extraordinary development of this "Medina" child with a passion for mathematics & politics, founder of the Moroccan left, who went on to be one of the leaders of his country's struggle for independence and of the Third-World movement of the 60's.

2002 : CMCA Mention du jury Prix International du Documentaire et du Reportage Méditerranéen; Prix de la Charte du Bassin Méditerranéen; Prix International de l'Audiovisuel Méditerranéen CMCA Ville de Soverato.