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Sep 2024
23m 56s

Reels of revolution: capturing Algeria’s...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

Never-before-seen footage. A trove of long-forgotten 35mm reels. An archive of the Algerian Independence War. It’s all the work of Yugoslav cameraman Stevan Labudović, the cameraman of Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito. The work was part of a war effort to counter French propaganda, a gesture of solidarity in the fight against colonialism.

In this episode:

  • Mila Turajlić, Documentary Filmmaker

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Marcos Bartolomé and Veronique Eshaya, with Duha Mosaad, Manahil Naveed, and our host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. It was edited by Alexandra Locke.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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