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The Criterion Channel
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This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at the Battle of Algiers through the eyes of five established and accomplished filmmakers; Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Julian Schnabel and Mira Nair. They discuss how the shots, cinematography, set design, sound and editing directly influenced their own work and how the film's sequences look incredibly realistic, despite the claim that everything in the film was staged .
Brahim Hadjadj
Ali La Pointe (archive footage)
Mohamed Ben Kassen
Petit Omar
Spike Lee
Self
Oliver Stone
Self
Mira Nair
Self
Steven Soderbergh
Self
Julian Schnabel
Self
Gillo Pontecorvo
Self
Peter Becker
Executive Producer
The Revolution Of El Harrachi
Manifesto of the 121
Raï Story: From Cheikha Rimitti to Cheba Djenet
Oversand
Algeria, Year Zero
Le Choix de mon père
François Mitterrand et la guerre d'Algérie
Emilie Busquant, an Algerian passion
Perdus entre deux rives, les Chibanis oubliés
Algeria in Flames
A Life for Movies: Lotte Eisner
Algérie du possible
Dawn of the Damned
Aleph
Ma famille entre deux terres
143 Sahara Street
Afrique 50
Glimpses of Morocco and Algiers
Heckler
David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
For Sama
9/11
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
The Godfather Family: A Look Inside
Being James Bond
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
Night Will Fall
The Soviet Story
The Walking Dead: The Return
4 Little Girls
The Class of ‘92
The Making of Star Wars
Directed by John Ford
Sidney
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return
Heart of a Dog
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Finders Keepers
Fuck
Aquaman: Heroines of Atlantis
Aug 1, 2004
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