Tahar Rahim Quotes
I sometimes feel that racism is getting worse.
Hattenstone, Simon. "Tahar Rahim: 'I remain a country boy inside'." The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 23 Feb. 2012.
This musical was a profound attack on the essence of racial segregation at a time when discrimination was legal and practiced throughout the country and almost universally in the South. Southern politicians castigated the song, the show, and especially Hammerstein who they called a Communist for promoting such radical views. Ironically, South Pacific became one of the most frequently produced High School Shows by 1979 and remained so into the 21st century including in the South. See {634644} for the lyrics to his most famous political song.
Tahar Rahim is an Algerian-French actor. He is known for his starring role as Malik El Djebena in the 2009 award-winning French movie A Prophet by Jacques Audiard, FBI Agent Ali Soufan in The Looming Tower, Judas in the film Mary Magdalene and playing Charles Sobhraj in The Serpent a series made in 2021.