The Panafrican Festival in Algiers (1969)
1h 50m
Running Time
January 1, 1969Release Date
The Panafrican Festival in Algiers (1969)
1h 50m
Running Time
January 1, 1969Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

Nina Simone
Self

Archie Shepp
Self

Miriam Makeba
Self

Marion Williams
Self

Amílcar Cabral
Self

René Depestre
Self

Armando Guebuza
Self

Mazisi Kunene
Self

Johnny Makatini
Self

Daniel Maragnès
Self

Oscar Monteiro
Self

Stephen N'Komo
Self

William Klein
Director

Agostinho Neto
Self

Mário Pinto de Andrade
Self

François About
Camera Operator

Dominique Hennequin
Sound

Antoine Bonfanti
Sound / Assistant Director

Valérie Mayoux
Editor

Jacqueline Meppiel
Editor / Assistant Director

Anne-Marie Deshayes
Editor

Jean Ravel
Editor

Ragnar Engström
Editor

Khider Ait Bachir
Production Assistant

Mostefa Belhadj
Production Manager

Nedjima Lalem
Production Secretary

Mohamed Bouamari
Assistant Director

Ahmed Lallem
Assistant Director

Rabah Laradji
Assistant Director

Yann Le Masson
Assistant Director / Director of Photography

Pierre Lhomme
Assistant Director / Director of Photography

Mohamed Slimane Riad
Assistant Director

Serge Beauchemin
Sound

Jean Bertrand
Sound

Rachid Bouafia
Sound Recordist

M.S. Bouguermoud
Sound Assistant

Mohamed Boukhdimi
Sound Assistant

Sidi Boumedienne Dahmane
Sound

Michel Desrois
Sound

Mohamed Guenez
Sound Recordist

Bachir Karouzene
Sound Recordist

Michel Laurent
Sound

Pierre Lenoir
Sound

Harald Maury
Sound

Mohamed Oulmi
Sound

Ahmed Benarous
Camera Operator

Hamid Benzeyel
Camera Operator

Mustapha Chefaï
Machinist

Sid Ali Halo
Camera Operator

Mahiedine Khenili
Electrician

Robert Lezian
Camera Operator

Alain Pillet
Camera Operator

Jacques Renard
Camera Operator

Ahmed Saïdi
Camera Operator

Guy Testa-Rossa
Camera Operator

Patrice Wyers
Camera Operator

Mahmoud Haddidouche
Location Manager

Abdelhamid Madjid
Location Manager

Mohamed Ouled Moussa
Location Manager

Mohammed Ouar
Location Manager

Hafid Rachedi
Location Manager

Ali Sria
Location Manager

Belkacem Benseghir
Administration

William Klein
Director / Director of Photography

Sarah Maldoror
Assistant Director

Bernard Gosselin
Director of Photography

Michel Brault
Director of Photography

Ali Marok
Director of Photography

Bruno Muel
Director of Photography

Dahou Boukerche
Director of Photography

Dominique Merlin
Director of Photography

Guy Vernadet
Director of Photography
Media.











Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1969
Original NameFestival Panafricain d'Alger
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
music festival
anti-colonialism
anti-imperialism
africa
independence movement
black panthers
african union
algeria
social & cultural docs
black power
francafrique
Wiki.
Festival panafricain d’Alger 1969 is a 1969 Algerian documentary film about the Pan-African Festival of Algiers of 1969, also known as PANAF. The film was directed by William Klein, who was commissioned by the Algerian government to direct a film capturing the 12-day event. The film features footage from the festival in combination with a variety of other visual materials, and performances from Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone are included alongside political speeches and interviews with postcolonial and liberationist political figures.
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