Messali Hadj - A Life In Service To The Algerian People
20061h 8m10.0
Documentary, History
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- Genre
- Documentary
- Origin
- France
About
The life and political activism of Messali Hadj (1898-1974), an Algerian internationalist politician who played a pioneering role in the process leading to Algerian independence, which he demanded as early as 1927. He was initially secretary of the North African Star (ENA), then in 1937 he founded the Algerian People's Party (PPA), in 1946 he founded the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTLD), and finally in 1954, the Algerian National Movement (MNA). In 1937, the leadership of the North African Star (ENA) created its flag, green with a white star and crescent. Messali Hadj's wife, Emilie Busquant-Messali, simply sewed this ENA flag by machine; it would later become the flag of the PPA. In 1943, Messali Hadj, in conjunction with the party leadership, created the ENA-PPA flag, green and white with a red star and crescent, which would later become the current flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.
Where to watch
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Details
- Director
- Benny Malapa
- Writing
- Benny Malapa, Jean-Marc Schiappa
- Status
- Released
- Released
- Jan 1, 2006
Cast
Messali Hadj
Algerian politician (archive footage)
Jean-Marc Schiappa
French historian
Émilie Busquant
Anti-colonial activist (archive footage)
Djanina Messali-Benkelfat
Self (archive footage)
Léon Blum
French politician (archive footage)
Mustapha Ben Mohamed
PPA-MNA activist
Ali Messali
Self (archive footage)
Ali Agouni
PPA-MNA activist & Moudjahid
Bachir Ferrag
PPA-MNA activist
Rabah Bélaïd
Professor of History and Political Science, University of Batna
Mohammed Mrabet
PPA-MTLD activist
Hadj Omar Lachachi
PPA-MTLD activist
Mohamed Drici
PPA-MTLD activist
Mohamed Ben-Eddine Hemouri
PPA-MTLD activist
Saïd Lhalali Ben Moussa
PPA-MNA activist
Hocine Lahouel
Algerian politician (archive footage)
Moulay Merbah
Secretary General of the MNA (archive footage)
Annie Cardinal
MNA activist, Secretary of Messali Hadj
Hamidou Bachir
Doctor, son of PPA-MTLD activist
Mohamed Boughrioua
PPA-MNA activist & Moudjahid
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