Al bab al sabea

La Septième Porte is the title of a 300page filmhistory work dedicated to Moroccan cinema between 1907 and 1986 It was written by Ahmed Bouanani 19382011 by hand over many years but never published Ali Essafi visited Bouanani three years before his death Film excerpts interviews and other documents delineate the artistic universe of a poet filmmaker and essayist whose independence and integrity remained unsullied until the end