The Perseverance of a Minority

Rating: 8/10 (13 June 2011)

The Battle of Algiers displays a minority's will to preserve its traditional way of life. The Algerians live in a Casbah, a native Arab quarter. The French engages in the colonization of Algeria, which in turn leads the Algerians to form the FLN, the Algerian resistance of French colonization. The UN has the power to enforce the French patrol to leave or stay. Both the Algerians and French fight for the side of the UN. The Algerians revolt by planting bombs in public places and gunning down French officers. The Algerians are angered that they can't live the way they would like in their own native land. The Algerians can't even marry outside their community. The movie ends with the death of Ali La Pointe and others, but the creation of the FLN sparked the beginning of Algerian independence that would come a few years later.