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The Pan-African Festival in Algiers (1969)
Directed by William Klein
Documentary, Music · 1h 50m
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.
Cast
Nina Simone
Archie Shepp
Miriam Makeba
Marion Williams
Amílcar Cabral
René Depestre
Johnny Makatini
Oscar Monteiro
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
- Editor
- Jacqueline Meppiel, Anne-Marie Deshayes, Jean Ravel, Ragnar Engström, Valérie Mayoux
Details
- Original title
- Festival Panafricain d'Alger
- Release date
- 1969-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- AR
- Spoken languages
- English, Arabic, French
- Countries
- Algeria
- Production
- Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)