Messali Hadj - A Life In Service To The Algerian People (2006)
The life and political activism of Messali Hadj (1898-1974), an Algerian internationalist politician who played a pioneering role in the process leading to Algerian independence, which he demanded as early as 1927. He was initially secretary of the North African Star (ENA), then in 1937 he founded the Algerian People's Party (PPA), in 1946 he founded the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTLD), and finally in 1954, the Algerian National Movement (MNA). In 1937, the leadership of the North African Star (ENA) created its flag, green with a white star and crescent. Messali Hadj's wife, Emilie Busquant-Messali, simply sewed this ENA flag by machine; it would later become the flag of the PPA. In 1943, Messali Hadj, in conjunction with the party leadership, created the ENA-PPA flag, green and white with a red star and crescent, which would later become the current flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.
Director: Benny Malapa
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Messali Hadj as Algerian politician (archive footage) |
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Jean-Marc Schiappa as French historian |
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Émilie Busquant as Anti-colonial activist (archive footage) |
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Djanina Messali-Benkelfat as Self (archive footage) |
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Léon Blum as French politician (archive footage) |
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Mustapha Ben Mohamed as PPA-MNA activist |
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Ali Messali as Self (archive footage) |
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Ali Agouni as PPA-MNA activist & Moudjahid |
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Bachir Ferrag as PPA-MNA activist |
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Rabah Bélaïd as Professor of History and Political Science, University of Batna |
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Mohammed Mrabet as PPA-MTLD activist |
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Hadj Omar Lachachi as PPA-MTLD activist |
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Mohamed Drici as PPA-MTLD activist |
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Mohamed Ben-Eddine Hemouri as PPA-MTLD activist |
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Saïd Lhalali Ben Moussa as PPA-MNA activist |
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Hocine Lahouel as Algerian politician (archive footage) |
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Moulay Merbah as Secretary General of the MNA (archive footage) |
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Annie Cardinal as MNA activist, Secretary of Messali Hadj |
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Hamidou Bachir as Doctor, son of PPA-MTLD activist |
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Mohamed Boughrioua as PPA-MNA activist & Moudjahid |
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Georges Bardin as Internationalist activist |
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Charles de Gaulle as French President (archive footage) |
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Louisa Hanoune as Algerian politician, Parti des Travailleurs (PT) |
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Emmanuelle Stochl as Narrator |
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Didier Prat as Narrator |
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Pierre Lambert as Internationalist activist |
| Production | Malik Bine | Producer |
| Production | Didier Prat | Producer's Assistant |
| Directing | Benny Malapa | Director |
| Editing | Pascal Montagna | Editor |
| Crew | Jean-Marc Vicquery | Cinematography |
| Crew | Pascal Montagna | Cinematography |
| Crew | Florian Lapert | Cinematography |
| Sound | Olivier Trinquet | Sound |
| Sound | Olivier Franquin | Sound |
| Sound | Sébastien Marquilly | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Benny Malapa | Writer |
| Writing | Jean-Marc Schiappa | Writer |
| Sound | Djamel Hamitèche | Music |
| Crew | Lotfi Ben Mohamed | Translator |
| Sound | Slimane Azem | Music |
| Art | Raphael Moutot | Graphic Designer |
| Art | Didier Prat | Graphic Designer |
| Crew | Sarah Catel | Documentation & Support |
| Crew | Mourad Yefsah | Documentation & Support |
