scene from the rerelease of Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 black-and-white film The Battle of Algiers, recreating France's suppression of the 1950s Algerian uprising, is an extraordinary experience.
1 November 1954: revolutionary Algerians rose up against French colonial rule.
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