Film
Algiers, the Mecca of Revolutionaries (1962-1974)
France- Director
- Ben Salama
- Year
- 2016
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."
Top cast
Ahmed Ben Bella
Self
Che Guevara
Self
Nelson Mandela
Self
Houari Boumédiène
Self
Eldridge Cleaver
Self
Patrice Lumumba
Self
Kathleen Cleaver
Self
Miriam Makeba
Self
Fidel Castro
Self
Yasser Arafat
Self
Johnny Makatini
Self
M'Hamed Yazid
Self
Ahmed Kaïd
Self
Álvaro Holden Roberto
Self
John F. Kennedy
Self
Antonio Cubillo
Self
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Self
Oscar Monteiro
Self
Directed by
Ben Salama
Written by
Ben Salama, Amirouche Laïdi
Produced by
Yannis Chebbi, Amirouche Laïdi, Michaël Kazan
