Section: Long Documentary
Country: Tunisia
Production Year: 2015
Runtime: 60 Minutes
Director: Mohammed Zran
Screenwriter: Mohammed Zran
Cinematographer: Hassan Ameri
Editor: Bashir Bijaoui
Print Contact: zran66@yahoo.fr
Synopsis: The image of an ageless black woman, who is called Ommi Fatma, is engraved forever on the memory of every inhabitant of Zarzis, our small native town located in the south-east of Tunisia. This fantastic matchmaker of all work is indispensable because she is fully in charge of the complex ritual of the wedding ceremony and facilitates the bride and groom's difficult transition to married life.
Ommi Fatma is one of the last women of her generation who still goes through this ritual whose secrets she alone knows and which a brutal globalization threatens to end forever.
