Boujad A Nest in the Heat

Boujad A Nest In the Heat is a personal and anguishing look at issues of separation independence and return As director Hakim Belabbes chronicles his journey from his home in Chicago to visit his family in his hometown of Boujad in Morocco his exploration of family relationships is selfconscious and at times painfully honest We witness his most private moments with his family Belabbes film intimately explores the domestic spaces and religious rituals of intrafamily relationships especially when compounded by one members break with traditional values