The Battle of Algiers
Where
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
1001 Bissonnet
Houston, TX 77265
Upcoming
5:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012
Categories
Galleries | Art, Art Exhibits, Museums | Sights
No newsreel or documentary footage was used in making this film, commissioned by the Algerian government and released in 1966, detailing the fight for Algerian independence against the French. “Gillo Pontecorvo’s electrifyingly timely The Battle of Algiers has often been compared to Potemkin as an example of incendiary, documentary-style political filmmaking. But Pontecorvo’s approach is much looser, although everything is carefully choreographed. Re-creating the carnage of 1950s Algeria—bombings, assassinations, police torture—The Battle of Algiers is as relevant today as it was in 1965.” —New York Magazine Read more about the film here.
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