Product ReviewsGillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas and Piernico Solinas (Hardcover)

The Battle of Algiers (VHS)

One of the most influential films in the history of political cinema, Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers focuses on the events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Shot in the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film vividly re-creates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French. The violence soon escalates on both sides in this war drama that's astonishingly relevant today.Read full review...