At the heart of the Moroccan High Atlas mountains, water is a resource in short supply. The village of Tizi N'Oucheg has undergone a transformation thanks to Rachid Mandili, who is well-aware that the development of his village depends on access to clean water and on his strong leadership of this project. Mandili rallies all the villagers together and calls upon the knowledge of French and Moroccan scientists to tap water sources, to purify, and reuse waste water for irrigation. The documentary highlights the Berbers' community ties and ingenuity in their dream of independently managing their village water resources. It equally paints a portrait of a man whose initiative and resourcefulness has opened Tizi N'Oucheg up to modernity while still conserving its cultural heritage. Tizi's example presents some of the problems of water access in semi-arid regions and puts forward concrete solutions to these problems.
Berbères des cimes
March 4, 2014
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Rachid Mandili
Himself
Marlène Bayerle
Narrator
Olivier Merlin Ird
Himself
Younes Fakir Ucam
Himself
Bruno Cédat
Director
Hélène Duhesme
Assistant Director
Bruno Cédat
Writer
Sylvain Cédat
Writer
Julien Cooper
Music
Charles Debouchet
Sound
Léonore Desuzinges
Editor