The Battle of Algiers: A Film within History

Handling

In 1966, seven years after Algeria’s National Liberation Front (FLN) successfully fought France for their country’s independence, filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo released the iconic The Battle of Algiers. Despite winning a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival and its widespread public influence, inspiring notable activists such as pro-Palestinians and the Black Panthers, the film was banned in France until the 1970s. F… Visa mer av handlingen

Fakta

År

2017

Regi

Malek Bensmaïl

Land

Algeriet/Frankrike/Schweiz

Originaltitel

The Battle of Algiers, a Film Within History