The Panafrican Festival in Algiers

Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers. Klein follows the preparations, the rehearsals, the concerts… He blends images of interviews made to writers and advocates of the freedom movements with stock images, thus allowing him to touch on such matters as colonialism, neocolonialism, colonial exploitation, the struggles and battles of the revolutionary movements for Independence.

6

110 min

Cast

Nina Simone

as Self

Archie Shepp

as Self

Miriam Makeba

as Self

Marion Williams

as Self

Amílcar Cabral

as Self

René Depestre

as Self

Armando Guebuza

as Self

Mazisi Kunene

as Self

Johnny Makatini

as Self

Daniel Maragnès

as Self

Oscar Monteiro

as Self

Stephen N'Komo

as Self

Agostinho Neto

as Self

Mário Pinto de Andrade

as Self

Director

William Klein