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The Pan-African Festival in Algiers

1969 · 110 min

Documentary · Music

★ 6.0
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Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers. Klein follows the preparations, the rehearsals, the concerts… He blends images of interviews made to writers and advocates of the freedom movements with stock images, thus allowing him to touch on such matters as colonialism, neocolonialism, colonial exploitation, the struggles and battles of the revolutionary movements for Independence.

Crew

  • Director William Klein
  • Director of Photography William Klein
  • Director of Photography Bernard Gosselin
  • Director of Photography Michel Brault
  • Director of Photography Ali Marok
  • Director of Photography Bruno Muel
  • Director of Photography Dahou Boukerche
  • Director of Photography Dominique Merlin

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Crew

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🔥 Hot takes

warming up the wall…

Intermission

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