the battle of algiers

a documentary drama in black and white made a few years after algerian independence from france that has not lost its relevance, what with the colonial impulses of the powerful staying the same and so are the reactions of the colonized to the humiliation of living under subjugation. terrorism is seen as the only feasible option to make your voice heard. after all it’s a truism that one mans terrorism is another’s freedom struggle think iraq, afghanistan and kashmir.