Black Sweat (1971)

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.

Released Jan. 2, 1971 100 min None+

Genres: Drama

Keywords: mdblist.two-actors, tmdb.africa, tmdb.political-activism, tmdb.colonisation, tmdb.racism, tmdb.algeria, tmdb.proletariat + 2 more, tmdb.panafricanism, tmdb.algerian-war-1954-62

Production Companies: Office National pour le Commerce et l'Industrie Cinématographique (ONCIC), Radio et Télévision Algérienne RTA

Country: Algeria
Languages: French, Arabic