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Messali Hadj - A Life In Service To The Algerian People
Messali Hadj - Une vie au service du peuple algérien
2006 · 1h 8m
Directed by Benny Malapa
The life and political activism of Messali Hadj (1898-1974), an Algerian internationalist politician who played a pioneering role in the process leading to Algerian independence, which he demanded as early as 1927. He was initially secretary of the North African Star (ENA), then in 1937 he founded the Algerian People's Party (PPA), in 1946 he founded the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTLD), and finally in 1954, the Algerian National Movement (MNA). In 1937, the leadership of the North African Star (ENA) created its flag, green with a white star and crescent. Messali Hadj's wife, Emilie Busquant-Messali, simply sewed this ENA flag by machine; it would later become the flag of the PPA. In 1943, Messali Hadj, in conjunction with the party leadership, created the ENA-PPA flag, green and white with a red star and crescent, which would later become the current flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.
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Messali Hadj
as Algerian politician (archive footage)
Jean-Marc Schiappa
as French historian
Émilie Busquant
as Anti-colonial activist (archive footage)
Djanina Messali-Benkelfat
as Self (archive footage)
Léon Blum
as French politician (archive footage)
M.M
Mustapha Ben Mohamed
as PPA-MNA activist
A.M
Ali Messali
as Self (archive footage)
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Messali Hadj - A Life In Service To The Algerian People(2006)
Messali Hadj - Une vie au service du peuple algérien
January 1, 2006 · 1h 8m
The life and political activism of Messali Hadj (1898-1974), an Algerian internationalist politician who played a pioneering role in the process leading to Algerian independence, which he demanded as early as 1927. He was initially secretary of the North African Star (ENA), then in 1937 he founded the Algerian People's Party (PPA), in 1946 he founded the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTLD), and finally in 1954, the Algerian National Movement (MNA). In 1937, the leadership of the North African Star (ENA) created its flag, green with a white star and crescent. Messali Hadj's wife, Emilie Busquant-Messali, simply sewed this ENA flag by machine; it would later become the flag of the PPA. In 1943, Messali Hadj, in conjunction with the party leadership, created the ENA-PPA flag, green and white with a red star and crescent, which would later become the current flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.
Messali Hadj
as Algerian politician (archive footage)
Jean-Marc Schiappa
as French historian
Émilie Busquant
as Anti-colonial activist (archive footage)
Djanina Messali-Benkelfat
as Self (archive footage)
Léon Blum
as French politician (archive footage)
M.M
Mustapha Ben Mohamed
as PPA-MNA activist
A.M
Ali Messali
as Self (archive footage)
