Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo and shot in a stunning pseudo-documentary style, The Battle of Algiers recreates the Algerian National Liberation Front's urban guerrilla campaign against French colonial authorities in the late 1950s. With extraordinary authenticity and moral clarity—refusing to demonize either side—this is one of the most politically urgent films ever made, as viscerally immediate and relevant today as when it first appeared. Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice, it has influenced filmmakers, activists, and military strategists the world over.