Festival Panafricain d'Alger
Movie - 110mins
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.
Cast:
Daniel
Maragnès
Oscar
Monteiro
Stephen
N'Komo
Agostinho
Neto
Mário
Pinto
Nina
Simone
Archie
Shepp
Miriam
Makeba
Marion
Williams
Amílcar
Cabral
René
Depestre
Armando
Guebuza
Mazisi
Kunene
Johnny
Makatini
Daniel
Maragnès
Oscar
Monteiro
Stephen
N'Komo
Agostinho
Neto
Mário
Pinto
Nina
Simone
Archie
Shepp
Miriam
Makeba
Marion
Williams
Amílcar
Cabral