The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

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1969
1h 50m
6.0(2 votes)
Documentary
Music

Overview

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.

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Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)

Cast & Crew

14 members
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Nina Simone

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Nina Simone
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Archie Shepp

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Archie Shepp
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Miriam Makeba

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Miriam Makeba
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Marion Williams

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Marion Williams
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Amílcar Cabral

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Amílcar Cabral
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René Depestre

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René Depestre
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Armando Guebuza

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Mazisi Kunene

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Johnny Makatini

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Daniel Maragnès

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Oscar Monteiro

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Stephen N'Komo

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Agostinho Neto

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Mário Pinto de Andrade

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