
Release Date
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Original Release
January 1, 1969
1h 50m
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers (1969)
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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.
Director

William Klein
Department: Directing
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Cast

Nina Simone
Self
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Archie Shepp
Self
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Miriam Makeba
Self
â1.3

Marion Williams
Self
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AmĂlcar Cabral
Self
â2.3

René Depestre
Self
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Armando Guebuza
Self
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Mazisi Kunene
Self
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Johnny Makatini
Self
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Daniel MaragnĂšs
Self
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Genres
DocumentaryMusic
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