arabmedia.org are running a two month streaming film festival curated by Abdelaziz Taleb, “Tangier Interzone” introducing a new film each week through May. Apologies we’ve missed a few already, but currently it’s Paul Bowles: The Cage Door is Open (2012), director Daniel Young manages to nab one of the the last interviews with Bowls at the very end of his life, as well as some terrific interviews with Edmund White, John Waters, Gore Vidal, Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Bacon, Mohammed Mrabet, and many more. Enormously entertaining &illuminating. Upcoming films include: Perro Corazón: Mohammed Chukri & Ira Cohen (1998)Conversations in the bar La Poste with Tangerian writer Mohammed Chukri and New York poet Ira Cohen, “stories of death, separation and loss under the mantle of friendship.” Tingis, By MICROPUNTA (2008) “Docu-trip featuring Tingis and Bachir Attar & The Master Musicians of Jajouka” Abdelaziz Taleb’s Fluxus BEAT Generation, (2018) and Anthony Balch’s Towers Open Fire (1963) #paulbowles #tangiers @tangierinterzone #theshelteringsky #bernardobertulucci #gorevidal #mohammedmrabet (at Tangier, Morocco) https://www.instagram.com/p/COlZyOXha8B/?igshid=1melnz68yscll
