Bristol Indymedia Film Night - Terrorism featuring 'The Battle of
Algiers'
(Mon 7th / 7:30pm / £2/3 though nobody turned away for lack of funds).
Banned in France upon its release, this film looks at the battle
between the Algerian independence movement and the French
colonialists in the 1950s. It is a powerful human drama shot in a
documentary style that never flinches from showing the reality of
both sides of the terrorism/freedom-fighter coin.

A powerful tale for today's so-called 'war on terror'. The film was described by one critic as, "...a model of how, without prejudice or compromise, a film-maker can illuminate history and tell us how we repeat the
same mistakes." This is director Gillo Pontecorvo's masterpiece
that won him the Golden Lion at the Venice Festival.

To accompany this screening, and in response to requests, we will
also be showing a repeat showing of the short documentary "Green
With a Vengeance" looking at the Earth Liberation Front.

http://bristol.indymedia.org