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Fifty Years of "The Battle of Algiers": Past as Prologue (Forerunners: Ideas First)
Sohail Daulatzai
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Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 177 x 8. Weight in Grams: 113.
The Battle of Algiers, a 1966 film that poetically captures Algerian resistance to French colonial occupation, is widely considered one of the greatest political films of all time. With an artistic defiance that matched the boldness of the anticolonial struggles of the time, it was embraced across the political spectrum-from leftist groups like the Black Panther Party and the Palestine Liberation Organization to right-wing juntas in the 1970s and later, the Pentagon in 2003. With a philosophical nod to Frantz Fanon, Sohail Daulatzai demonstrates that tracing the film's afterlife reveals a larger story about how dreams of freedom were shared ... Read more
The Battle of Algiers, a 1966 film that poetically captures Algerian resistance to French colonial occupation, is widely considered one of the greatest political films of all time. With an artistic defiance that matched the boldness of the anticolonial struggles of the time, it was embraced across the political spectrum-from leftist groups like the Black Panther Party and the Palestine Liberation Organization to right-wing juntas in the 1970s and later, the Pentagon in 2003. With a philosophical nod to Frantz Fanon, Sohail Daulatzai demonstrates that tracing the film's afterlife reveals a larger story about how dreams of freedom were shared ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
113g
Number of Pages
104
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9781517902384
SKU
V9781517902384
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About Sohail Daulatzai
Sohail Daulatzai is associate professor at the University of California, Irvine. He is author of Black Star, Crescent Moon.
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