Nadia Makhlouf

UNadja Makhlouf ngumfoti wase-Franco-Algeria kunye nomlawuli wefilimu. Umsebenzi wakhe ubuza imiba eyahlukahlukeneyo yenkumbulo yembali, imbali yemicimbi yezentlalo ingakumbi isikhundla sabasetyhini eAlgeria.

Emva kokuphumelela kuncwadi, wafunda ifilimu yoxwebhu kwiYunivesithi yaseAix-Marseille. Emva koko, wazama iiprojekthi ezahlukeneyo kwi-cinema kunye nokufota. Emva kweminyaka engaphezu kwe-5 esebenzela abanye abantu kwizikhundla ezahlukeneyo, ngoku uthatha uxanduva kuzo zonke iindawo ukwenza i-audiovisual trilogy kunye nomboniso weefoto.

Iminyaka emine wasebenza kwiprojekthi eneenxalenye ezintathu malunga nobume babasetyhini eAlgeria, ebandakanya umboniso weefoto kunye nengxelo.

Inxalenye yokuqala ibonisa "Fatale Frauen", imifanekiso yeefoto zabasetyhini baseKabyle eAlgeria yanamhlanje, "Allah Ghaleb", ifilimu ehamba kunye, inika ingxelo malunga nobomi bangasese bemihla ngemihla bala mabhinqa. Lo mboniso bhanya-bhanya waphumelela iwonga lababukeli kumnyhadala we-Look at the World Cinema eRouen, eFransi, ngo-2012.

Inxalenye yesibini, "I-El Moudjahidate: Ukusuka kwi-Invisible to Visible, Women Fighters" igxile kubafazi abalwela i-Independence yase-Algeria, ukususela kwixesha elidlulileyo ukuya kuthi ga ngoku. Okushiyekileyo kumlo namhlanje kufotwe nguNadja kwifilimu ethi "The Moudjahida, the Fighters' Wives".

Inxalenye yesithathu malunga nabasetyhini baseTouareg kwintlango yaseAlgeria. Ugxininise kumandla aba bafazi kuluntu lwematriarchal.

Kungoku nje usebenza kwiprojekthi eqhubekayo enesihloko esithi "Ndingumfazi olwela amalungelo amabhinqa kwaye ndingumSilamsi". Le projekthi ijonga ubomi babasetyhini baseFransi abangamaSilamsi kunye nabasetyhini.
UNadja usebenzisa ukufota ukubonisa ihlabathi elingabonakaliyo labasetyhini. Ufuna ukwahlukana neengcamango zabafazi "abangama-Arabhu" okanye abo babizwa ngokuba ngabafazi "baseMpuma". Ibabuyisela inkululeko yabo, isidima sabo kunye nethuba lokuvakalisa ilizwe labo. Ugxininisa umsebenzi wakhe ekukhupheni amazwi akhe.