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Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)

Original title: Alger, la Mecque des Révolutionnaires (1962-1974)

2016 56m ★ 10.0/10 TMDB
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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."

Director
Ben Salama
Written by
Ben Salama, Amirouche Laïdi
Production
France
Release date
2016-01-01

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