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

Michel Brault

Bernard Gosselin

Mohammed Ouar

Dominique Hennequin

Rabah Laradji

Yann Le Masson

Jacqueline Meppiel

Guy Vernadet

Jacqueline Meppiel

Ragnar Engström

Pierre Lhomme

Sidi Boumedienne Dahmane

Nedjima Lalem