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Algeria, Year Zero (1965)

Algeria, Year Zero (1965)

Documentary
Release Date: 1965, October 1
Directors: Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Jean-Pierre Sergent
Countries: Algeria, France
Production: Capi Films, Argos films, Tamasa Distribution, La Cinémathèque Française, La Cinémathèque Française
Cast: Maurice Garrel

Overview:

Documentary on the beginnings of Algerian independence filmed during the summer of 1962 in Algiers. The film was banned in France and Algeria but won the Grand Prize at the Leipzig International Film Festival in 1965. Out of friendship, the production company Images de France sent an operator, Bruno Muel, who later declared: "For those who were called to Algeria (for me, 1956-58), participating in a film on independence was a victory over horror, lies and absurdity. It was also the beginning of my commitment to the cinema."

Keywords:

anti-colonialism algeria algerian war (1954-62) panafricanism djazair independance war