The Pan-african Festival in Algiers

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.

Genre:

Documentary , Music

Duration:

110 min

Actor:

Nina Simone , Archie Shepp , Miriam Makeba

Quality:

HD

Director:

William Klein

Release:

1969

Country:

Algeria

IMDb:

6.0