They Chose Algeria
Overview
Many of them participated in the struggle for Algerian independence. There are "those who believed in heaven", priests, Christians committed against torture, friends of the "natives", there are "those who did not believe in it", communist activists, students, progressive intellectuals, others remained in this country because they could not imagine living anywhere other than in this land of all passions. They are European and chose to stay in Algeria after independence, most of them opted for Algerian nationality. The film is another vision of the history of Algeria from the end of the fifties to the present day, told by these Europeans filmed at home, or in the context of their activities, illustrated by unpublished archive documents.
Release date
01/01/2007
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Original Soundtrack
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The Zerda or the Songs of Forgetting
Le Grand Désert
Remembering History
Algeria in Flames
Frihed forpligter
Noua
Congo-Océan, un chemin de fer et de sang
Les Maisons De La Mer
Ein Traum von Revolution
Tissalatine - Le Rappel Du Hoggar
The Desert Rocker
Manca Moro
Sawt Echaâb
Fadhma N'Soumer
Mariner of the Mountains
Abd El-Kader
Hoggar 1973
La Bataille d'Alger, l'empreinte
AL HAKIM: Benzerdjeb Benaouda
Intimate Enemies