“Al-Houma Dreams [Neighborhood Dreams].”

Presentation: within the framework of the TRANSGANG project, funded by the European Research Council, which investigates youth street groups as agents of mediation, in twelve cities in southern Europe, North Africa and the Americas, three documentary films have been produced (one in each of the regions studied), by filmmakers chosen after a public contest. The objective has been to establish a creative dialogue with the fieldwork, reflecting the research process, but without replicating it mechanically. In all three cases, the same methodology has been followed: the starting point has been a workshop with young people participating in the project, who interact with the filmmakers and co-create a visual approach to their worlds of life, including mediation experiences for overcome conflicts.

Synopsis: Street youth groups are a universal phenomenon. This film is part of the TRANSGANG project, which investigates such groups as mediation agents, in twelve cities in southern Europe, North Africa and the Americas. In September 2022, a group of young people from Sidi Moussa (a shanty town in Salé-Rabat conurbation, Morocco) were invited to participate in a workshop to explain and filming their everyday life with their own mobile phones.