Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)
2016•56m•10.0•Released
Documentary
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."
Director
Ben Salama
Writer
Ben Salama, Amirouche Laïdi
Languages
French
Studio
Électron Libre Productions
Cast
Ahmed Ben Bella
Self
Che Guevara
Self
Nelson Mandela
Self
Houari Boumédiène
Self
Eldridge Cleaver
Self
Patrice Lumumba
Self
Kathleen Cleaver
Self
Miriam Makeba
Self
Fidel Castro
Self
Yasser Arafat
Self
Johnny Makatini
Self
M'Hamed Yazid
Self
Ahmed Kaïd
Self
Álvaro Holden Roberto
Self
John F. Kennedy
Self
Production
Company
Électron Libre Productions
Company
ARTE
Company
CNC
Producer
Yannis Chebbi
Producer
Amirouche Laïdi
Producer
Michaël Kazan
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