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Messali Hadj - A Life In Service To The Algerian People (2006)

January 1, 2006 (FR) Documentary, History • 68m

Overview

The life and political activism of Messali Hadj (1898-1974), an Algerian internationalist politician who played a pioneering role in the process leading to Algerian independence, which he demanded as early as 1927. He was initially secretary of the North African Star (ENA), then in 1937 he founded the Algerian People's Party (PPA), in 1946 he founded the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTLD), and finally in 1954, the Algerian National Movement (MNA). In 1937, the leadership of the North African Star (ENA) created its flag, green with a white star and crescent. Messali Hadj's wife, Emilie Busquant-Messali, simply sewed this ENA flag by machine; it would later become the flag of the PPA. In 1943, Messali Hadj, in conjunction with the party leadership, created the ENA-PPA flag, green and white with a red star and crescent, which would later become the current flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.

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Messali Hadj
Messali Hadj

Algerian politician (archive footage)

Jean-Marc Schiappa
Jean-Marc Schiappa

French historian

Émilie Busquant
Émilie Busquant

Anti-colonial activist (archive footage)

Djanina Messali-Benkelfat
Djanina Messali-Benkelfat

Self (archive footage)

Léon Blum
Léon Blum

French politician (archive footage)

Mustapha Ben Mohamed
Mustapha Ben Mohamed

PPA-MNA activist

Ali Messali
Ali Messali

Self (archive footage)

Ali Agouni
Ali Agouni

PPA-MNA activist & Moudjahid

Bachir Ferrag
Bachir Ferrag

PPA-MNA activist

Rabah Bélaïd
Rabah Bélaïd

Professor of History and Political Science, University of Batna

Mohammed Mrabet
Mohammed Mrabet

PPA-MTLD activist

Hadj Omar Lachachi
Hadj Omar Lachachi

PPA-MTLD activist

Mohamed Drici
Mohamed Drici

PPA-MTLD activist

Hocine Lahouel
Hocine Lahouel

Algerian politician (archive footage)

Moulay Merbah
Moulay Merbah

Secretary General of the MNA (archive footage)

Annie Cardinal
Annie Cardinal

MNA activist, Secretary of Messali Hadj

Hamidou Bachir
Hamidou Bachir

Doctor, son of PPA-MTLD activist

Mohamed Boughrioua
Mohamed Boughrioua

PPA-MNA activist & Moudjahid

Georges Bardin
Georges Bardin

Internationalist activist

Charles de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle

French President (archive footage)

Louisa Hanoune
Louisa Hanoune

Algerian politician, Parti des Travailleurs (PT)

Pierre Lambert
Pierre Lambert

Internationalist activist

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