Film selection of the 32nd Cascade Festival of African Films. The film was Morocco’s submission to the 2022 Oscars.
Casablanca Beats is an upbeat film set in Sidi Moumen, an impoverished suburb on the outskirts of Casablanca. A former rapper teaches hip-hop music to students in an underprivileged Moroccan neighborhood. Despite differences in identity, religion and politics, he encourages them to bond together and break free from the weight of restrictive traditions.
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