Festival panafricain d’Alger 1969 (1969)

Directors

William Klein

The story

In Festival panafricain d’Alger 1969, William Klein documents a variety of the festival's concerts, exhibitions, street marches, and performances, as well as the preparations and rehearsals for the festival. He blends images of interviews made with 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, and African culture. Recorded in the film are the dozens of notable artists, musicians, activists, and political figures, as well as performances from Miriam…

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