Battle of Algiers

Banned in France for five years, Gillo Pontecorvo's La battaglia di Algeri depicts with documentary precision the Algerian people's struggle against French occupation during the Algerian War. Shot in black and white on location and with non-professional actors, the film blends fiction and documentary to expose the moral complexity of war. Through a collective vision, it reveals both the revolutionary fervor and the brutality of repression. Admired by postcolonial thinkers and filmmakers, it remains an essential landmark of political cinema and anti-colonial memory.

Screening presented by Zineb Sedira