The Pan-African Festival in Algiers
Original title: Festival Panafricain d'Alger
6.0(2)19691h 50mAR
Directed by William Klein
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.
africaindependence movementblack panther partymusic festivalafrican unionalgeriasocial & cultural documentaryanti-colonialismblack powerfrancafriqueanti-imperialism
