Claire

April 29, 2024

The Battle of Algiers (1966)

Beautifully shot, scored, paced; a blistering political-visual essay on the unyielding human will for dignity and self-determination. An inspiring call to continue to fight for liberation, no matter how unrelenting the oppressor and its systems and machines. An assertion that liberation is a hard-won, yet certain feature in the flow of human history. But one that requires constant, continual global political will and pressure to secure.

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In my opinion, one of the most important, disturbing scenes in the movie: the French Colonel tells the global press that the outcome of this conflict would depend on their reporting, which would ultimately sway political will to continue justifying and arming oppression. Horrifying, chilling parallels.

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