Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
This film is shot like a documentary, but is actually fiction based on true events that happened during Algeria’s struggle for independence from France in 1957. Some of the scenes are bone-chillingly real. The acting constantly makes you forget this isn't a doc. The film is amazingly relevant today, both artistically and politically, and covers a topic that most Americans know little about. A perfect idea of what happens when an imperialist country thinks they will always be powerful enough to enforce colonial rule. If you can get The Criterion Collection version, do it!
Review by Kelly K.O.
