Movie

The Pan-african Festival in Algiers

1969★ 6.0 · 21h 50mDocumentaryMusic

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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Cast

Nina Simone
as Self

Johnny Makatini
as Self

Oscar Monteiro
as Self

Miriam Makeba
as Self

Archie Shepp
as Self

René Depestre
as Self

Mário Pinto de Andrade
as Self

Armando Guebuza
as Self

Mazisi Kunene
as Self

Marion Williams
as Self

Agostinho Neto
as Self

Amílcar Cabral
as Self

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