Medina (1972)

An extraordinary lucid and lyrical documentary of Morocco unique in that it conveys both the exterior and interior values of the country The richest boldest and most subtly disciplined evocation of a place that I have ever seen on film It is as if all the impulse toward lyrical pattern had found an objective correlative in the walls the steps the tiles the dense calligraphic decoration the shaded windows and veiled eyes of the city Roger Greespun New York Times