‘Of Sheep and Men’ is a Metaphor-Laden Jewel

Watching Of Sheep and Men, the Qumra-shepherded first feature documentary from Swiss-Algerian filmmaker Karim Sayad, I was reminded of a joke my Algerian family has been telling for years. It’s a jest made at the expense of Algeria’s politicians and a self-deprecating rib on the country’s never-ending troubles:

Following a long period of fiscal stagnatio…