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00:00Petite Casse-Bas is a series of youth animations produced by France Télévisions
00:04which takes place in Algeria in 1955, in the middle of the war of independence.
00:09However, the central point of the series is not directly the war,
00:12but the way in which a group of children from various communities in Algeria
00:16cohabit and succeed in creating a collective despite the tensions around them.
00:21The goal is to tell a positive story of solidarity
00:24and of living together in a multicultural city,
00:27while addressing universal themes such as friendship, tolerance and reconciliation.
00:32Why approach this subject through a youth program?
00:36Pierre Siracusa, responsible for the youth offer at France Télévisions,
00:40explains that the Algeria of that time remains a subject full of taboos and silence.
00:44By using a youthful angle,
00:46he hopes to contribute to a start of dialogue on this sensitive historical period.
00:50Youth animation can address complex subjects in an accessible way,
00:54thus promoting reflection without arousing controversy.
00:58The partnership with LUMNI, the educational platform of France Télévisions,
01:02is part of an educational approach to memory and living together.
01:06An ambitious series within the framework of the youth offer.
01:09The series is part of a desire to renew the youth offer of France Télévisions
01:14by proposing longer and more ambitious stories.
01:17These stories allow young viewers to immerse themselves
01:20in stories rich in symbols and teaching.
01:23A striking precedent in this approach was the series Les Grandes Grandes Vacances,
01:27which dealt with the Second World War.
01:30The success of this project motivated the creation of Petite Kasbah,
01:33with the idea of filling a lack of stories about Algeria
01:36to open an intergenerational dialogue.
01:39The duty of memory is the intergenerational transmission.
01:43The series is based on testimonies of people who grew up in Algeria in the 1950s,
01:48including the father of Noam Rouba, one of the creators, who lived this time.
01:52These memories, often full of traumas and nostalgia,
01:56fed the writing of the screenwriters Alice Zeniter and Alice Carré.
02:00These authentic testimonies are crucial to make the series more anchored in reality,
02:05while addressing everyday elements such as children's games
02:08or small anecdotes of everyday life, thus allowing an immersion in the time.
02:13Multiculturalism as a guiding thread
02:15Multiculturalism is at the heart of Petite Kasbah,
02:18which shows how children of different origins cohabit in the city of Algiers.
02:23Séverine Jégoff-Lebrun, one of the producers,
02:25emphasizes the importance of not only accepting cultural diversity,
02:29but transcending it to create a real cosmopolitanism.
02:33This resonates particularly with contemporary issues,
02:36especially in European cities,
02:38where the challenges of cohabitation and dialogue between communities are still relevant.
02:43Petite Kasbah recalls that peace and mutual understanding
02:46pass through dialogue and the effort to live together, beyond divisions.
02:50An international broadcast and a universal message
02:53Although the subject is specifically linked to Algeria,
02:56the series aims to be broadcast internationally.
02:59Noam Rouba hopes that it will resonate with young people from all over the world.
03:03The universal message of the series, focused on childhood,
03:06diversity and dialogue, can touch children from all backgrounds.
03:09By inviting them to question their own family history
03:12and to question their elders about their childhood,
03:15the series becomes an intergenerational transmission tool,
03:18reinforcing the idea that individual stories can illuminate
03:21broader aspects of collective memory.
03:24In short, Petite Kasbah is much more than a simple animated series.
03:28It is an invitation to reflect on cohabitation,
03:31living together and the duty of memory through the gaze of children
03:35in a complex historical context.
03:38It seeks to initiate a dialogue,
03:40while offering a message of hope and reconciliation
03:43in a world marked by tensions and divisions.
03:46The Petite Kasbah animated series will be broadcast
03:49from Monday, October 28, 2024 on the OKU platform
03:53and at 6.50 p.m. on France 4, Monday to Thursday.