Messali Hadj - A Life In Service To The Algerian People

Messali Hadj - A Life In Service To The Algerian People (2006)

10.0 68 min Movie
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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.

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Cast

Messali Hadj Messali Hadj Algerian politician (archive footage)
Jean-Marc Schiappa Jean-Marc Schiappa French historian
Émilie Busquant Émilie Busquant Anti-colonial activist (archive footage)
Djanina Messali-Benkelfat Djanina Messali-Benkelfat Self (archive footage)
Léon Blum Léon Blum French politician (archive footage)
Mustapha Ben Mohamed Mustapha Ben Mohamed PPA-MNA activist
Ali Messali Ali Messali Self (archive footage)
Ali Agouni Ali Agouni PPA-MNA activist & Moudjahid
Bachir Ferrag Bachir Ferrag PPA-MNA activist
Rabah Bélaïd Rabah Bélaïd Professor of History and Political Science, University of Batna
Mohammed Mrabet Mohammed Mrabet PPA-MTLD activist
Hadj Omar Lachachi Hadj Omar Lachachi PPA-MTLD activist

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