The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

Documentary · 1969

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.

Starring

Michel Laurent, Nina Simone, Jean Ravel, Archie Shepp, Miriam Makeba, Antoine Bonfanti, Marion Williams, Antoine Bonfanti, Amílcar Cabral, Pierre Lhomme

Director

William Klein