The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

Name: The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
Director: William Klein
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 1969-01-01T
Duration: 110 min
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Miriam Makeba, Marion Williams, Amílcar Cabral

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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.

Actor: Nina Simone, Archie Shepp, Miriam Makeba, Marion Williams, Amílcar Cabral, René Depestre, Armando Guebuza, Mazisi Kunene, Johnny Makatini, Daniel Maragnès

Director: William Klein

Years: 1969

Country: Algeria

Quality: HD

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

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

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