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Chronicle of a Summer | Algeria, Year Zero

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Conversation with director Jean-Pierre Sergent

Dir.: Jean Rouch, Edgar MorinFrance 196190 minutesFrenchHebrew subtitles

Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin’s breakthrough film is considered to be a turning point in documentary cinema. Rouch decided to make a film about the Parisian tribe. He captures several Parisian characters in the summer of 1960.

Dir.: Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Jean-Pierre SergentFrance 196240 minutesFrenchHebrew subtitles

In the summer of 1962, the two directors set out to document the birthing woes of independent Algeria. The result was banned in France and Algeria.