[The following is the second installment in "The Moroccan Non-Exception" Jadaliyya roundtable. Read the introduction here.]
A wave of contentious reactions ..
Nadir Bouhmouch is an award-winning Moroccan filmmaker, human rights activist, and feminist. In his 2011 film “My Makhzen & Me” Nadir became the only filmmaker to document the Moroccan pro-democracy `February 20th movement.` His second film, “475” covered Morocco’s rape to marry law and the Amina Filali affair. “475” was nominated by Reporters Without Borders` and the Deutsche Welle`s "The Bobs" awards for Best Social Activism. With other young Moroccan filmmakers, Nadir has also begun a campaign against filmmaking regulations in Morocco which he sees as a constraint on freedom of expression.