Albert Samama Chikli Rediscovered: Scenes of Tunisia, 1905-1916

Now playing at the Museum of Modern Art, **Albert Samama Chikli Rediscovered: Scenes of Tunisia, 1905–1916** returns early moving images of Tunisia to a New York screen, framed as a live, free performance. The program centers on Chikli’s surviving footage from the colonial era, with filmmaker Nouri Bouzid featured in the presentation. Seen at MoMA, it sits in the city’s long tradition of archival cinema as public history. The material resists postcard nostalgia; it records daily life while revealing the camera’s unequal vantage.