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The Panafrican Festival in Algiers (1969)
Directed by William Klein
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.
Length 110 minutes
Actors
Nina Simone | Archie Shepp | Miriam Makeba | Marion Williams | Amílcar Cabral | René Depestre | Armando Guebuza | Mazisi Kunene | Johnny Makatini | Daniel Maragnès | Oscar Monteiro | Stephen N'Komo | Agostinho Neto | Mário Pinto de Andrade