Bachir Bensaddek is a Canadian television director of Algerian Berber
descent, best known for his co-direction of 2002 Emmy Award-winning TV
series Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within.Born in Algeria in the year 1972,
Bensaddek came to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1992 as a student before
immigrating to Canada. Bensaddek wrote a play in 2004 entitled
Montréal la blanche about Algerian immigrants in Quebec.In May 2011,
he released his documentary film Rap arabe, an ORBI-XXI production,
covering the rap scene in three countries (Morocco, Lebanon, Syria)
with a number of rappers including Malikah, Ashekman, Lil Zac and Don
Bigg. It had its premiere at the 27th Festival international de
cinéma Vues d'Afrique, and was rebroadcast on RDI, TV5 and Al
Jazeera's Documentary channel.
descent, best known for his co-direction of 2002 Emmy Award-winning TV
series Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within.Born in Algeria in the year 1972,
Bensaddek came to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1992 as a student before
immigrating to Canada. Bensaddek wrote a play in 2004 entitled
Montréal la blanche about Algerian immigrants in Quebec.In May 2011,
he released his documentary film Rap arabe, an ORBI-XXI production,
covering the rap scene in three countries (Morocco, Lebanon, Syria)
with a number of rappers including Malikah, Ashekman, Lil Zac and Don
Bigg. It had its premiere at the 27th Festival international de
cinéma Vues d'Afrique, and was rebroadcast on RDI, TV5 and Al
Jazeera's Documentary channel.
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