The Pan-african Festival in Algiers

Name: The Pan-african Festival in Algiers
Director: William Klein
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1969-01-01

Film19691h 50mReleased

DocumentaryMusic

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Director: William Klein
Language: Arabic
Released: 1969-01-01
Runtime: 1h 50m

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The story

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.