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Release Date:
January 1, 1969
Original Title:
Festival Panafricain d'Alger
Alternate Titles:
مهرجان الجزائر الإفريقي
Genres:
Documentary | Music
Production Companies:
Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC)
Production Countries:
Algeria | France
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 110
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.
Administration:
Belkacem Benseghir
Assistant Director:
Sarah Maldoror
Antoine Bonfanti
Mohamed Bouamari
Ahmed Lallem
Rabah Laradji
Yann Le Masson
Pierre Lhomme
Jacqueline Meppiel
Mohamed Slimane Riad
Camera Operator:
Ahmed Benarous
Hamid Benzeyel
Sid Ali Halo
Robert Lezian
Alain Pillet
Jacques Renard
Ahmed Saïdi
Guy Testa-Rossa
Patrice Wyers
François About
Cinematography:
William Klein
Pierre Lhomme
Michel Brault
Yann Le Masson
Dominique Merlin
Smaïl Lakhdar-Hamina
Ali Marok
Dahou Boukerche
Nasredine Guénifi
Bernard Gosselin
Bruno Muel
Guy Vernadet
Director:
William Klein
Editor:
Valérie Mayoux
Jacqueline Meppiel
Anne-Marie Deshayes
Jean Ravel
Ragnar Engström
Electrician:
Mahiedine Khenili
Location Manager:
Mahmoud Haddidouche
Abdelhamid Madjid
Mohamed Ouled Moussa
Mohammed Ouar
Hafid Rachedi
Ali Sria
Machinist:
Mustapha Chefaï
Production Assistant:
Khider Ait Bachir
Production Manager:
Mostefa Belhadj
Production Secretary:
Nedjima Lalem
Sound:
Dominique Hennequin
Antoine Bonfanti
Serge Beauchemin
Jean Bertrand
Sidi Boumedienne Dahmane
Michel Desrois
Michel Laurent
Pierre Lenoir
Harald Maury
Mohamed Oulmi
Sound Assistant:
M.S. Bouguermoud
Mohamed Boukhdimi
Sound Recordist:
Rachid Bouafia
Mohamed Guenez
Bachir Karouzene
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