Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) (2016)
Documentary
Overview
From the early 1960s to the mid-1970s, independent Algeria provided significant support to anti-colonial movements and revolutionaries worldwide. Successive presidents, Ahmed Ben Bella and then Houari Boumédiène, made Algiers a haven for activists fighting against colonial and racial oppression. Algiers the White became Algiers the Red. The internationalist Che Guevara established his base of operations there for his guerrilla activities in Africa. The African-American leader Eldridge Cleaver made it the international headquarters of the Black Panther Party. During this period, Algiers was known as "The Mecca of Revolutionaries."
Cast
- Ahmed Ben Bella as Self
- Che Guevara as Self
- Nelson Mandela as Self
- Houari Boumédiène as Self
- Eldridge Cleaver as Self
- Patrice Lumumba as Self
- Kathleen Cleaver as Self
- Miriam Makeba as Self
- Fidel Castro as Self
- Yasser Arafat as Self