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Anti-colonial violence and the 'dictatorship of truth' in the films of gillo pontecorvo.
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Interventions: The International Journal of Postcolonial Studies . Mar2005, Vol. 7 Issue 1, p97-106. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2005
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Abstract
- This article is a companion piece to my interview with the Italian film director Gillo Pontecorvo. The essay presents his two famous anti-colonial films, The Battle of Algiers and Burn!, in the context of Pontecorvo's life and work. His anti-colonialism is related to his anti-fascism, as is evident in the film Kapò, whose protagonist is a Jewish girl struggling to survive in a Nazi concentration camp. His films were influenced by neo-realism and adopted a documentary style of film-making. I examine the strong intertextual links between The Battle of Algiers and Frantz Fanon's writings that emerged out of his involvement with the Algerian war of independence against the French colonizers. I also examine Fanon's and Pontecorvo's different approaches to violence in the context of the anti-colonial struggle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *DICTATORSHIP
*POLITICAL science
*POLITICAL systems
*COLONIES
*ESSAYS
*VIOLENCE
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369801X
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Interventions: The International Journal of Postcolonial Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15992883
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/1369801052000330379