EVERYBODY LOVES TOUDA

Sunday, May 11, 2025

Part of the Arab Film Festival | Presented with Arab American National Museum

Touda (Nisrin Erradi) is a sheikha (traditional singer and dancer) who performs in dingy bars to make ends meet. But Touda has a passion. She struggles for her art to be recognized and to ensure a better future for her deaf-and-mute son Yassine. Co-written by Maryam Touzani, director of Cinema Detroit audience fave The Blue Caftan, Everybody Loves Touda is Morocco’s Academy Awards submission, and is also rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. Mo

Morocco. 2024.
Nabil Ayouch.
In Arabic with English subtitles.
Running time 102 min.