The Battle For Algiers

Rating: 8/10 (27 February 2014)

An account of the bloodiest revolution in modern history.
The Criterion Collection released the movie, transferred from a restored print, in a three-disc DVD set. The extras include former US counter-terrorism advisors Richard A. Clarke and Michael A. Sheehan discussing The Battle of Algiers's depiction of terrorism and guerrilla warfare and directors Spike Lee, Mira Nair, Julian Schnabel, Steven Soderbergh, and Oliver Stone discussing its influence on film. This is the version you must have.
The film is striking in its imagery, and while not many Americans probably know about France and Algeria, this might open their eyes a bit. (They could also read the work of Albert Camus, though he tends to side with the colonial power for some odd reason.)