1969
6.0 (2 votes)
1h 50m
Official Website
Genres
Documentary
Music
Production Companies
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers (Festival Panafricain d'Alger)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: William Klein
Director of Photography: William Klein, Bernard Gosselin, Michel Brault, Ali Marok, Bruno Muel, Dahou Boukerche, Dominique Merlin, Guy Vernadet, Nasredine Guénifi, Pierre Lhomme, Yann Le Masson
Top Cast
Nina Simone
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Archie Shepp
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Miriam Makeba
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Marion Williams
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Amílcar Cabral
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René Depestre
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Armando Guebuza
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Mazisi Kunene
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