Lecture about “Militant Cinema and Images of the Algerian War of Independence” by Olivier Hadouchi

As part of the activities of the Aleph – Action and Investigation Network on (Anti) Colonial Images, there will be a talk on “Militant Cinema and Images of the Algerian War of Independence” with the French researcher Olivier Hadouchi. The initiative, which is promoted by CECS researcher Maria do Carmo Piçarra, as part of her postdoctoral program, will take place on September 7 (7:00 p.m.) at the Hangar-Centro de Investigação Artística. Admission is free.

Olivier Hadouchi, film historian (PhD in cinema studies), researcher (associated to IRCAV Paris 3) and film curator, was born and lives in Paris. Published a book about images of solidarity with Algerian independence (published by Museum of Modern Art, Belgrade) in 2016, and texts in various publications (Third Text, La Furia Umana, CinémAction, Something We Africans Got, or catalogues…) and did many lectures, films presentations and discussions in museums, art centers (Tranzit/ Prague, places in Chile…) or film festivals (Paris, Marseille, Lille, Nantes, Algiers, Béjaïa, Lisbon, Beirut, Ghent, Geneva, Bourges). Curated film programs for Le BAL, Bétonsalon and a program « Tricontinental. Cinema, Utopia and Internationalism » (with 13 screenings) for Museum Reina Sofia (Madrid). With Seloua Luste Boulbina, he curates a regular event (film-video programs) every month in La COLONIE (Paris).

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