Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) (2016)
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
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Ahmed Ben Bella as Self |
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Che Guevara as Self |
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Nelson Mandela as Self |
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Houari Boumédiène as Self |
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Eldridge Cleaver as Self |
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Patrice Lumumba as Self |
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Kathleen Cleaver as Self |
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Miriam Makeba as Self |
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Fidel Castro as Self |
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Yasser Arafat as Self |
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Johnny Makatini as Self |
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M'Hamed Yazid as Self |
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Ahmed Kaïd as Self |
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Álvaro Holden Roberto as Self |
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John F. Kennedy as Self |
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Antonio Cubillo as Self |
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika as Self |
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Oscar Monteiro as Self |
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Kwame Ture as Self |
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Moïse Kapenda Tshombe as Self |
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Apolônio de Carvalho as Self |
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Henry Kissinger as Self |
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Richard Nixon as Self |
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Nâzim Boudjenah as Narrator |
| Directing | Ben Salama | Director |
| Editing | Thomas Marie | Editor |
| Crew | Jean-Luc André | Cinematography |
| Writing | Ben Salama | Writer |
| Writing | Amirouche Laïdi | Writer |
| Crew | Benjamin Stora | Technical Advisor |
| Production | Yannis Chebbi | Producer |
| Production | Amirouche Laïdi | Producer |
| Production | Michaël Kazan | Producer |
| Crew | Jean-Marie Disdero | Documentation & Support |
| Sound | Jérôme Faurel | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Christophe Marejano | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Xavier Fulbert | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Damien Salama | Archival Footage Research |
| Sound | Jérôme Sarfati | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Serge Kochyne | Sound Designer |
| Art | Thomas Fage | Graphic Designer |
| Editing | Jean Ousmane | Color Grading |
| Production | Bastien Penquer | Production Director |