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The Battle of Algiers, in French https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-7j4WVTgWc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-7j4WVTgWc I watched it in French and I don't sp
by SixSigma 11y ago
The Battle of Algiers, in French
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-7j4WVTgWc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-7j4WVTgWc
I watched it in French and I don't speak French. The story is easy to follow.
- cbd1984 11y agoIt's been shown multiple times on TCM (American basic cable movie channel) with subtitles. It pairs well with The Day of the Jackal.
- mercurial 11y agoHaven't seen it, but unfortunately, I'm told it was pretty close to reality. That said, it's not particularly relevant.
- hackuser 11y ago> it's not particularly relevant I disagree. (If it's the film I'm thinking of) it shows brutal oppression perpetrated by the French on Algiers. It might inform an understanding of current relationships between France and Islam.
- mercurial 11y agoThe French oppression in Algeria was real, and there was a bloody episode right after WWII, and then the Algerian War of Independence was extremely brutal. But this doesn't have much to do with Islam. The Algerian FLN was mostly a nationalist/left-wing group. In fact, Algeria was the theater of a bloody civil war in the 90s between the FLN dictatorship and Islamic extremists.