Underground/On The Surface

Name: Underground/On The Surface
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013
Duration: 68 min

Director: Salma El Tarzi

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Highlights

Director Salma El Tarzi won the Best Director award at the Dubai International Film Festival in 2013.
The film had a sold-out premiere in Cairo.
The film received a fund from the Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC).
First Documentary to be commercially released in Egyptian cinemas since 2011.
The film highlights the accelerated growth of shaabi music and the rising of Oka and Ortega to stardom.

2013 / Egypt68 min/ Documentary

Original Title

Ele Beheb Rabena Yerfaa Edoh lefook

SYNOPSIS

The documentary highlights the growth of shaabi music which has been expanding most recently under the name mahraganat music (festivals music) in the heels of the 25th January revolution. Following the underground shaabi music scene, known as ’mahraganat’, the film focuses on the surge of popularity this genre received following the revolution; Oka, Ortega, and Wezza, three of the movement’s most prominent artists, are suddenly put under the spotlight, so the question is: will they be able to preserve their identity as independent artists?

CAST

Oka
Ortega
Sosta
Wezza

CREW

Screenwriter: Salma El Tarzi
DOP: Salma El Tarzi
Editor: Salma El Tarzi