“Films for Change” will screen a seminal documentary, “The Battle Of Algiers” (1965) on Friday, November 2.

Winner of Best Foreign Film, Best Director (Gillo Pontecorvo) and Best Original Screenplay Oscars, it is one of the most influential films in the history of political cinema, Focusing on the events of 1957, a key year in Algeria’s struggle for independence from France, it was shot in the streets of Algiers and re-creates the uprising against the occupying French, and is as relevant and powerful as it was when it was made. In French and Arabic with English subtitles. 121 minutes

It will be shown at the home of Rachel Sene and Jay Johnson, 601 9th Street, one block east of Lincoln and one block north of Montana. Plenty of free parking.

A 30-minute discussion will follow the film, with continued socializing at Izzy’s Deli, 15th and Wilshire in Santa Monica. Free parking in rear, free valet, free street parking Read signs.

RSVP: RachelJay@earthlink.net or call 310-451-2752 (first 20)

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