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Joe Allen writes: For those interested in Frances civilizing mission in the world, please watch The Battle of Algiers. https://youtube/watch?v=y-7j4WVTgWc The Battle of Algiers (Italian: La battaglia di Algeri; Arabic: معركة الجزائر; French: La Bataille dAlger) is a 1966 war film based on occurrences during the Algerian War (1954–62) against the French government in North Africa, the most prominent being the titular Battle of Algiers. An Italo-Algerian production, it was directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and shot on location. The film, which was shot in a Rossellini-inspired newsreel style - in black and white with documentary-type editing - is often associated with Italian neorealism cinema.[1] The film has been critically celebrated and often taken, by insurgent groups and states alike, as an important commentary on urban guerrilla warfare. It occupies the 48th place on the Critics Top 250 Films of the 2012 Sight & Sound poll[2] as well as 120th place on Empire magazines list of the 500 greatest movies of all time.[3] Algeria gained independence from the French, a matter which Pontecorvo portrays in the films epilogue. The film concentrates on the years between 1954 and 1957 when the guerrilla fighters regrouped and expanded into the Casbah, which was met by French paratroopers attempting to regain territory. The highly dramatic film is about the organization of a guerrilla movement and the methods used by the colonial power to contain it. A subject of socio-political controversy, the film wasnt screened for five years in France, where it was later released in 1971.[4] - Wikipedia, The Battle of Algiers en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Algiers_(film)