A Female Cabby in Sidi Bel-Abbès

2000 • Directed by

Belkacem Hadjadj

Documentary

The only female cab driver in her city!

When her husband died Soumicha, mother of three, had to earn a living. She became the only woman taxi driver in Sidi Bel-Abbès, Algeria. This film accompanies Soumicha around a city where religious and political violence rages, and records her experiences in a job normally reserved for men.