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The Battle of Algiers

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Classic action docudrama about Algeria's resistance against French colonialism, studied by the Black Panthers, IRA, and Pentagon

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"It's right up there with THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS in terms of being true cinema of revolution, which makes the fact that it got a PG rating all the more amazing."
"Robert Kramer's ICE plays like a hippie version of THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS, with realistic suburban guerrilla warfare and terrorism (not so far fetched in 1970) shot in a style of gritty black and white realism reminiscent of Cassavetes."
"The Battle of Algiers - Africa RISES UP against the French in this classic action docudrama about resistance against colonialism. Tracing the struggle of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale to gain freedom from French colonial rule... An incredible film, and one of my all time favorites (I pa"
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