In her sophomore feature “My Father Killed Bourguiba,” Tunisian filmmaker Fatma Riahi examines her father’s role in a failed plot to overthrow the country’s first president, exploring how his political choices impacted the family after his imprisonment and how that’s shaped the course of her life.
The film, which is produced by Riahi in co-production with Dora Bouchoucha and Lina Chaabane of Tunisian outfit Nomadis Images (“The Voice of Hind Rajab,” “Aisha Can’t Fly Away”) and Omar Ben Ali of SVP Production, was selected for the Pitching Forum at the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival, which runs March 5 – 15.
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