In Conversation: The Battle of Algiers and Gung Ho

Edge of Sports by FrankNation

Mar 14, 202661:11News & Politics

2026 marks the 60th anniversary of Gilles Pontecorvo’s classic film “The Battle of Algiers” and the 40th anniversary of Ron Howard’s flop Gung Ho. Yet both films aim to tell a story about capitalism, the working class an...

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