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The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1969

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Documentary, Music

User Score

100%

Original Title

Festival Panafricain d'Alger

Production Companies

Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

Director

William Klein

Description

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.