
Gillo Pontecorvo, who directed the insurrectionary classic The Battle of Algiers in 1966, returns to the city of Algiers to view the progress Algeria has made - for better or worse - since the departure of the French colonialist forces thirty years earlier.
Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, Return to Algiers leans on a strong ensemble — Gillo Pontecorvo — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 1992.
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A documentary about the life and films of director John Ford.
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