#algerianwar

[mydearalgeria]

Two members of the liberation army study by kerosene light in their tent, the plans for the following day's operations.

Kryn Taconis.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"THE DICTATORSHIP OF THE TRUTH" MEETS THE UNREST OF 1950s ALGERIA.

FILM: "The Battle of Algiers" (1966) -

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marcello Gatti

DIRECTOR: Gillo Pontecorvo

SCREENPLAY: Franco Solinas

EDWARD SAID (Film Society of the Lincoln Center): "When you made the film, the Algerian revolution had already won. Did you want to tell both sides of the story or were you mainly interested in telling the Algerian side? What was your feeling about portraying this historical process?

GILLO PONTECORVO (Italian writer/film director): "I was mainly interested in showing this unstoppable process of liberation, not only in Algeria, but throughout the entire world. Naturally, in dealing with such a dramatic history, you must show how difficult the situation is for both sides."

Sources: X (formerly Twitter), MUBI, Ritz Cinemas, Global Bar Magazine, The New Arab, various, etc...

[nnnorthaaafrican]

ALGERIA. 1995. In the town of Blida, a panel of photographs showing Gendarmes that were victims of the Islamists.

Attar Abbas.

[mydearalgeria]

An Algerian peasant who has lost his crops and home in the French raids, brings a message to the FLN secret army non commissioned officer asking for assistance.

Kryn Taconis.

[mydearalgeria]

ALGERIA. 1962. On the outskirts of a regroupment camp in the mountains of Kabylie.

Philip Jones Griffiths.

[mydearalgeria]

The War in Algeria -- FLN commander pins a medal on a young boy who had renered a service to the guerrilas.

Philip Jones Griffiths.

[mydearalgeria]

ALGERIA. A unit of soldiers of the liberation army (FLN) training in the forest hide-out.

Kryn Taconis.

[mydearalgeria]

Algérie. Mériem Bouatoura, surnommée Yasmina, combattante de l'ALN (Armée de libération nationale) lors de la guerre d'Algérie, en Algérie, circa 1960