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Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) (2016)

Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974) (2016)

Documentary
Release Date: 2016, January 1
Directors: Ben Salama
Countries: France
Production: Électron Libre Productions, ARTE, CNC
Cast: John F. Kennedy, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Nelson Mandela, Moïse Kapenda Tshombe, Henry Kissinger, Kwame Ture, Yasser Arafat, Che Guevara, Nâzim Boudjenah, Kathleen Cleaver, Miriam Makeba

Overview:

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."

Keywords:

anti-imperialism revolution anti-colonialism algeria panafricanism djazair