Film

Black Sweat

1971 · Drama

During French colonization, a young Algerian boy is expelled from the French high school where he is able to study thanks to his father's position in the village. For his father, whose dream is to see his son climb the social ladder, this is a disaster, and the young man decides to go to work in the mines. A general strike that is severely repressed makes him aware of the class struggle, and he joins the resistance against discrimination and colonial oppression.

• Sid Ali MazifWriter · Director
• Hamid AbdallahWriter
• Ahmed RachediProducer

Release date

January 2, 1971

Status

Released

Original language

Arabic

Genres

Drama

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