So uncompromising that it became a training film for all sides of guerrilla ... leaders in John Ford's horse-soldier epics. The Battle of Algiers was banned in France until the mid-1970s when ...

This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in ... their own work and how the film's sequences look incredibly realistic ...

What relevance does The Battle of Algiers hold today, 55 years after it was first released? The message of the film is ultimately one of hope: the oppressed multitude will eventually triumph ...

Everett CollectionJean Martin in The Battle of Algiers ... was under official ban in France and that the Algerians had contributed not only their land but funds to the film’s making.) ...

Elsewhere, it opened to rapturous acclaim. Sponsor Message The Battle of Algiers won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1966 and eventually earned three Oscar nominations including ...

But he remained involved in the world of cinema, directing documentaries and heading the Venice Film Festival ... But it was “The Battle of Algiers” that made his name. The 1966 epic depicts ...