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The Battle of Algiers  
Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 film about a key battle in Algeria's war of independence against France. The movie's documentary-like cinematic techniques and point of view on Algerian independence. Political and military events that led up to the Battle of Algiers from the perspective of an Algerian who lived through the war. Why the film's French release was delayed and protested.
Program 211
  Participants
Réda Bensmaïa
Ranjana Khanna
Ann Smock

 

 
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