Fifty years of The Battle of Algiers : past as prologue / Sohail Daulatzai.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daulatzai, Sohail, author.

Series:

Forerunners (Minneapolis, Minn.)

Forerunners

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Battaglia di Algeri (Motion picture).

Physical Description:

xxi, 81 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Other Title:

50 years of the Battle of Algiers

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, [2016]

Summary:

"The Battle of Algiers, a 1966 film that poetically captures Algerian resistance to French colonial occupation, is widely considered one of the greatest political films of all time. With an artistic defiance that matched the boldness of the anticolonial struggles of the time, it was embraced across the political spectrum--from leftist groups like the Black Panther Party and the Palestine Liberation Organization to right-wing juntas in the 1970s and later, the Pentagon in 2003. With a philosophical nod to Frantz Fanon, Sohail Daulatzai demonstrates that tracing the film's afterlife reveals a larger story about how dreams of freedom were shared and crushed in the fifty years since its release. As the War on Terror expands and the "threat" of the Muslim looms, The Battle of Algiers is more than an artifact of the past--it's a prophetic testament to the present and a cautionary tale of an imperial future, as perpetual war has been declared on permanent unrest." -- Publisher's website.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: PAST

Third World Dreams

Fanon as Prophet, Algeria as Revolutionary Mecca

Camera as Gun

Taking Aim: Shooting the Revolution

Battle of Everywhere

PROLOGUE

9/11 Present: Perpetual War and Permanent Unrest.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781517902384

151790238X

OCLC:

958351045

Publisher Number:

99981370143