Part of Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party

Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966)

With Jean Martin, Saadi Yacef, Brahim Hadjadj, Tommaso Neri

Programmed for Playback: The Brooklyn Watch Party by award-winning actor John Turturro, the groundbreaking and profoundly influential docudrama The Battle of Algiers (1966), directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, portrays the Algerian fight for independence from France in the 1950s as violence and brutality escalate. The screening will be followed by a talkback with John Turturro and guests to be announced.