Khorma Rachida

Khorma, from Tunisia, features power struggles within the "religion business," and Rachida, from Algeria, focuses on a schoolteacher's quest to escape terrorism. Set in an arid Tunisian village, Khorma reveals the often-hilarious power struggles among clerics within the "religion business," as they tend to the daily rounds of birth, death, and marriage. (Jilani Saadi; Tunisia; 2002, 100 mins.)

Rachida focuses on a young schoolteacher fleeing the terrorism of the city, only to realize that the threat of terror and the culture of hatred have become inescapable. (Yamina Bachir-Chouikh; Algeria; 2002, 100 mins.)

The Global Lens series was organized by the New York-based Global Film Initiative, which promotes cross-cultural dialogue through cinema.