This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at the Battle of Algiers through the eyes of five established and accomplished filmmakers; Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Julian Schnabel and Mira Nair. They discuss how the shots, cinematography, set design, sound and editing directly influenced their own work and how the film's sequences look incredibly realistic, despite the claim that everything in the film was staged .
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Director Djamel Kelfaoui pays tribute to the great singer Cheb Hasni, king of sentimental raï, who b...
In the 1980s, Algeria experienced a tumultuous social context which reached its peak during the riot...
Documentary dialogue with young women in Algiers on their experience of independence shortly after t...
A three-part study that introduces audiences to the celebrated Martinican author Aimé Césaire, who c...
Albert Camus died at 46 years old on January 4, 1960, two years after his Nobel Prize in literature....
The Algerian Sahara is the most exceptional deserts. He densifies everything he hosts, men and natur...
During the Algerian war (1954-1962), some French people helped the F.L.N. in France.
The surprising and entertaining life of renowned film critic and social commentator Roger Ebert (194...
February 22, 2019 marks the start of a historic movement in Algeria, initially against the candidacy...
"I often say sociology is a martial art, a means of self-defence. Basically, you use it to defend yo...
Albert Camus, who died 60 years ago, continues to inspire defenders of freedom and human rights acti...
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Directed by Pierre Clément and Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, produced by the FLN Information Service in 1...
HECKLER is a comedic feature documentary exploring the increasingly critical world we live in. After...
Gathering for a Christmas lunch, the film critics and writers of Discovering Film discuss the merits...
In 1964, Algeria, just two years after the end of the war of independence, found itself catapulted i...
Has everything really been said about the Algerian war? Although the archives are opening up, almost...