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Festival panafricain d’Alger 1969 is a 1969 Algerian documentary film about the Pan-African Festival of Algiers of 1969, also known as PANAF. The film was directed by William Klein, who was commissioned by the Algerian government to direct a film capturing the 12-day event. The film features footage from the festival in combination with a variety of other visual materials, and performances from Miriam Makeba and Nina Simone are included alongside political speeches and interviews with postcolonial and liberationist political figures.