Home Movies TV Shows

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

6/10 1969 4K 110 min
Documentary • Music

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.

The Panafrican Festival in Algiers
Top Cast
Nina Simone
Nina Simone
Self
Archie Shepp
Archie Shepp
Self
Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba
Self
Marion Williams
Marion Williams
Self
Amílcar Cabral
Amílcar Cabral
Self
René Depestre
René Depestre
Self
Armando Guebuza
Armando Guebuza
Self
Mazisi Kunene
Mazisi Kunene
Self
Johnny Makatini
Johnny Makatini
Self
Daniel Maragnès
Daniel Maragnès
Self