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Algiers, Battle of Algiers, colonialism, France, French, Gillo Pontecorvo, revolution, terrorism
The most brutal, epic, and fair documentary-style film most will ever see, the (remarkably!) French-made The Battle of Algiers creates a sense of sympathy in the viewer for colonized people who became terrorizing revolutionaries and in this way achieves an excellent liberalism that demands serious national self-reflection and is undoubtedly more relevant right now than it was when first released.
Tonight I was also reading Power and Terror: Noam Chomsky In Our Times… he addresses this specifically.
Which reminds me, have you watched Paradise Now yet?
I have entered my interlibrary loan request for it just now. There’s no line, so I should receive it shortly. Updates to follow…