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A documentary project by Jérôme le Maire 

Synopsis: Ameskar Foqani is a small village hidden away and enclosed in the remotest part of the Moroccan High Atlas Mountains. The village has no roads or tracks, no school, no telephone system, no post office, no police, no hospital and no electricity either. It is just made up of a few large walnut trees in the middle of the fields on the mountainside and three hundred inhabitants who cultivate them using traditional techniques.In this cut-off environment, nothing seems to have changed for centuries. Time seems to stand still. Yet, just a few miles away as the crow flies, a team of five men responsible for bringing a big change to the hemmed in mountain villages are making slow but sure progress. What are they bringing to the area? Electricity.

A few months ago, the team was left in the middle of the desert with their tent and equipment and involving men and children from the villages they passed, they progressed, slowly bringing the locals closer to their new lives. One fine day, the long awaited small team reached Ameskar Foqani. We have electricity! Alhamdulillah! But in fact, what has actually changed?
A light bulb? A pump? A soldering machine?
No, that’s nothing!

Ta-da! Television - now that’s really something!
All of a sudden, the 21st century in full technicolour floods into these small medieval houses!

The “mental” opening-up of Ameskar Foqani is going to take place using the cathode ray tube, bringing with it a flood of questions, debates and doubts that any “change” inevitably brings.

A film produced by Iota production (Belgium) and Perspective films (France). With the support of Belgian french community.

In Development.