Festival panafricain d'Alger is a documentary by William Klein of the music and dance festival held 40 years ago in the streets and in venues all across Algiers. Klein follows the preparations, the rehearsals, the concerts… He blends images of interviews made to writers and advocates of the freedom movements with stock images, thus allowing him to touch on such matters as colonialism, neocolonialism, colonial exploitation, the struggles and battles of the revolutionary movements for Independence.
Nina Simone
Archie Shepp
Miriam Makeba
Marion Williams
Amílcar Cabral
René Depestre
Armando Guebuza
Mazisi Kunene
Johnny Makatini
Daniel Maragnès
Oscar Monteiro
Stephen N'Komo
Agostinho Neto
Mário Pinto de Andrade