The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

January 01, 1969 | 110 min

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.

Genres

Documentary Music

Cast

Naomi Scott

Nina Simone

Naomi Scott

Archie Shepp

Naomi Scott

Miriam Makeba

Naomi Scott

Marion Williams

Naomi Scott

Amílcar Cabral

Naomi Scott

René Depestre

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