Messali Hadj - Una vida al servicio del pueblo argelino (2006)
La vida y el activismo político de Messali Hadj (1898-1974), político internacionalista argelino que desempeñó un papel pionero en el proceso que condujo a la independencia de Argelia. Inicialmente fue secretario de la Estrella del Norte de África (ENA), luego en 1937 fundó el Partido Popular Argelino (PPA), en 1946 fundó el Movimiento para el Triunfo de las Libertades Democráticas (MTLD) y finalmente, en 1954, el Movimiento Nacional Argelino (MNA). En 1937, la dirección de la Estrella del Norte de África (ENA) creó su bandera, verde con una estrella y una media luna blancas. La esposa de Messali Hadj, Emilie Busquant-Messali, simplemente cosió esta bandera de la ENA a máquina; más tarde se convertiría en la bandera del PPA. En 1943, Messali Hadj, junto con la dirección del partido, creó la bandera de la ENA-PPA, verde y blanca con una estrella y una media luna rojas, que más tarde se convertiría en la bandera actual de la República Democrática Popular Argelina.
Directora: 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 |