Marrakech festival spotlights tensions animating Morocco’s movie industry

MARRAKECH, Morocco — After the movie “Cabo Negro” screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival this week, organizers anticipating backlash whisked its crew away and canceled screenwriter-director Abdellah Taia’s scheduled post-film Q&A.The film — selected as one of the festival’s 70 features and approved by authorities to be shot in Morocco — is a queer…