The Feminist Threat: Why States Fear The Battle of Algiers

By: Hannah Byrne, Guest Contributor Photo by: filmforum.org The film The Battle of Algiers is dangerous because it challenges the assumed objectivity of binary distinctions[i] between state and non-state actors. In order to do so, Director Gillo Pontecorvo applies a feminist critique of the Battle of Algiers, which, according to Cynthia Enloe, is “more realistic” … Continue reading The Feminist Threat: Why States Fear The Battle of Algiers