Video | 4:53 | 2021 | Tunisia

SONGS OF BAHARA delves into the soundscape of the bahara (fishermen) from the northwest of Tunisia. This sea is mundane, the site of their daily labor; it is hostile, the place where they take hazardous risks; it is home. The work juxtaposes images of the men at sea with a sound composition that blends a fisherman’s voice, telling the story of a day in rough waters, with the everyday rhythms of life on the boat. The film asks: What can we hear, what other sounds resonate, when the sound of the human voice dissipates?