The Battle Of Algiers

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The Battle of Algiers was directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and was released at 1967 in the U.S. This movie belongs to the Third Cinema genre, which the purpose is to oppose the first cinema the Hollywood system of cinema, and the neocolonialism second cinema. This film criticizes about the colonialism and capitalist system with reconstruction of historical events. The colonization brings about wars, which wars bring plenty of harmful effects to both side of innocent people. The main themes that determined in the film are independence, women bombs, strikes, terrorism, and justice. Algerians utilize their best courage in order to fight for the independence away from France. They take the advantages of women innocent to carry weapons and place bombs

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