Release Date

01 Jan, 1969

Runtime

01:50: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Festival Panafricain d'Alger

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Actors

Nina Simone

Archie Shepp

Miriam Makeba

Marion Williams

Amílcar Cabral

René Depestre

Armando Guebuza

Mazisi Kunene

Johnny Makatini

Daniel Maragnès

Oscar Monteiro

Stephen N'Komo

Agostinho Neto

Mário Pinto de Andrade

Crew

François About

Dominique Hennequin

Antoine Bonfanti

Valérie Mayoux

Jacqueline Meppiel

Michel Brault

Yann Le Masson

Dominique Merlin

Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina

Ali Marok

Dahou Boukerche

Nasredine Guénifi

Anne-Marie Deshayes

Jean Ravel