Marxist Poetry: The Making of The Battle of Algiers

7.2
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 52 min
  • Premiere: 2004. August 1.

To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, we revisited our edit of the film and interviews with director Gillo Pontecorvo and producer Saadi Yacef, who discuss the process of representing Algeria's struggle for independence and the challenges of presenting a balanced view of the conflict.

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Brahim Hadjadj

Ali La Pointe (archive footage)

Fouzia El Kader

Self (archive footage)

Noureddine Brahimi

Self (archive footage)

Fatiha Djoudi

Self (archive footage)

Camera

Nicholas Blair

Director of Photography

Editing

Tara Young

Editor

Production

Fumiko Takagi

Executive Producer

Antonio Monda

Producer

Jonathan Turell

Executive Producer

Peter Becker

Executive Producer