Directed by Pierre Clément and Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, produced by the FLN Information Service in 1958, this film is a rare document. Pierre Clément is considered one of the founders of Algerian cinema. In this film he shows images of Algerian refugee camps in Tunisia and their living conditions. A restored DVD version released in 2016, from the 35 mm original donated by Pierre Clément to the Contemporary International Documentation Library (BDIC).

Roberto Muniz, nicknamed "Mahmoud the Argentinian," was a revolutionary fighter who joined the Natio...

In 1971, after being rejected by Hollywood, Bruce Lee returned to his parents’ homeland of Hong Kong...

The image of French prisoners was very often evoked in Algerian cinema and literature, but until tod...

This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algie...

During the Algerian war (1954-1962), some French people helped the F.L.N. in France.

This excellent feature-length documentary - the story of the imperialist colonization of Africa - is...

He is a 75-year-old half-blind man. He takes 3000 steps every day. Since 2004 he has made a decision...

Immigrated to the Paris region since 1964, Kader decides to spend the summer holidays with his famil...

“La Zerda and the songs of oblivion” (1982) is one of only two films made by the Algerian novelist A...

Cheikh Djemaï looks back on the genesis of Gillo Pontecorvo’s feature film, The Battle of Algiers (1...

Jean Sénac, born in Béni Saf in Algeria in 1926 and died in Algiers in 1973, is today considered one...

“La Voix du Peuple,” composed of archival photographs by René Vauthier and others, exposes the root ...
Takes place in the Saharawi refugee camps in Algeria against the historical backdrop of Spanish colo...

Illustrated with archival photographs, animations and live action, this film explores the history an...

On March 29, 1947, peasants armed with sticks and knives attacked the French garrisons in Madagascar...

On November 1, 1954, the National Liberation Front of Algeria announced the war for the country's in...

Filmmaker Karim Aïnouz decides to take a boat, cross the Mediterranean, and embark on his first jour...