Our Algeria (1959)

Overview : "Djazaïrouna", produced by the cinema service of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA), is a montage film intended to inform the international community at the UN in 1959 on the objectives pursued by the Algerian resistance during the war of 'Algeria. Independence in Algeria (1954-1962). In 1959, Djamel-Eddine Chanderli and Mohammed Lakdar-Hamina produced Djazaïrouna (Our Algeria) from images taken by René Vautier and Doctor Pierre Chaulet. This film, completed a little later and will result in the film “The Voice of the People”. This documentary on the history of Algeria through a montage of current events, traces the political and military actions of the A.L.N, the demonstrations of December 1960, and the attack on a fortified French base on the border between Algeria and Tunisia.

Release Date : January 1, 1959

Runtime : 19m

Genre : Documentary, War  

Companies : Gouvernement Provisoire de la République Algérienne (GPRA)

Countries : Algeria

Keywords : algeria, french colonialism, algerian war (1954-62), diaspora, guerilla army, maghreb, djazair, algerian resistance, independance war