ALGIERS Algerian cinema is in search of a revival, decades after its 1970s heyday and steep decline, with authorities having blown hot and cold in their support.Today, the country counts only a few dozen theatres against a backdrop of legal, bureaucratic and financial restraints.“Algerian cinema is rich in its talents and poor in its means,” said producer and film critic
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Algerian cinema is in search of a revival, decades after its 1970s heyday and steep decline, with authorities having blown hot and cold in their support.Today, the country counts only a few dozen theatres against a backdrop of legal, bureaucratic and financial restraints."Algerian cinema is rich in its talents and poor in its means," said producer and film critic Ahmed Bedjaoui. "We need to give a little more freedom to filmmakers."During the 1960s and 70s, the north African country was home to more than 450 cinemas and film libraries.
Algerian cinema is in search of a revival, decades after its 1970s heyday and steep decline, with authorities having blown hot and cold in their support. Today, the country counts only a few dozen theatres against a backdrop of legal, bureaucratic and financial restraints. ..
An Algerian court on Sunday sentenced prominent journalist Ihsane El Kadi to three years in prison for foreign financing of his business in a case denounced by rights groups. El Kadi, one of the last independent media bosses in the North African nation as director of the Maghreb Emergent news webs ..