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).

This docu-fiction recounts the difficulties overcome by an ALN detachment whose perilous mission i...

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

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

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

Alberto Spadolini, filmmaker and choreographer, dances to traditional Andalusian music. He pays trib...

In the furnace of Algiers, the camera follows and accompanies Ibrahim, Adam, and Ismael, originally ...

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy builds a multi-million dollar empire by baking America's favourite pastry...

"Gerboise bleue", the first French atomic test carried out on February 13, 1960 in the Algerian Saha...

Charles de Gaulle, the first president (1958-1969) of the Vth Republic, France’s current system of g...

Born to an Algerian father and a Sicilian mother in Tunisia, I have always been wealthy of three cul...

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

“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...

An estimated 12 million people live in refugee camps worldwide and only 0.1% are resettled, repatria...

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

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

In 1967, Visconti came to Algiers for the filming of The Stranger with Mastroianni and Anna Karina. ...