In Jerada, a Moroccan town where unofficial mining persists despite the 2001 shutdown, director Randa Maroufi collaborates with residents to reconstruct mining labor. Using community-built sets and nonprofessional actors, the film vividly reveals the threats and economic dependence of work in narrow, unstable tunnels. Through Super 8, 3D scans, and tableau compositions, the visual structure fluidly crosses boundaries between documentary and fiction, thoughtfully illuminating themes of colonial legacy, precarious labor, community, and the transmission of memory from multiple perspectives.

 L’mina is a polyphonic portrait of Jerada, a Moroccan mining town whose history has shaped both its landscape and its people. Drawing from that history but determined to move beyond simple reenactment, director Randa Maroufi worked with local residents to develop the script, inviting miners to perform as themselves. The result is a work of docu-fiction—rooted in lived experience yet reframed through performance. Visually, the film moves between distinct registers. 3D scans, recalling forensic architecture and surveillance tools, align with Maroufi’s strategy of using official techniques to convey unofficial histories. By contrast, Super 8 sequences carry a warm, familial intimacy, exploring how younger generations relate to the mine while bearing witness to the social realities of today. 

• ProducerRanda MAROUFI, Oumayma ZEKRI AJARRAI
• Screenplay Randa MAROUFI
• Cinematography Luca COASSIN CCS
• Edit Céline PERRÉARD, Randa MAROUFI
• Production Design Khalid ATTAFI
• Sound Sara KADDOURI, Toni GEITANI, Randa MAROUFI
• Cast Amine MKALLECH, Laid ERRAMLY

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