The Pan-African Festival in Algiers (1969)

Documentary · Music

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.

Cast

• Nina Simone as Self
• Archie Shepp as Self
• Miriam Makeba as Self
• Marion Williams as Self
• Amílcar Cabral as Self
• René Depestre as Self
• Armando Guebuza as Self
• Mazisi Kunene as Self
• Johnny Makatini as Self
• Daniel Maragnès as Self

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