Inspired by North African oral traditions, The Animals, the Plant and the Stranger tells the story of three species - the barbary lion, Silphium and Salmo pallaryi - extinct in North Africa as a result of over-consumption, capitalism, and colonialism. Layers of loss and disconnection are folded into this piece - a family reading it aloud in a language they had to learn, that isn’t their own, with footage shot by family in Morocco instead of Algeria which a long Civil War prevented.

This was made as part of a 5 month long residency with A.MAL collective during which me and 5 other artists explored sustainability relations between the Global North and South, using Agar algae as a starting point.

Year: 2021

Length: 8 minutes 25 seconds

Languages: English and Darija

Darija translation: Yassamine Ghazzali