Movies: Contemporary Period 1954-1967
Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962)
L’ennemi intime (Intimate enemies) 2007) (Jaap Boender)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0825248/
A drama following a French platoon during Algeria’s war of independence.
The Congo Crisis (1961)
The Siege of Jadotville (2016) (Jaap Boender)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3922798/?ref_=ttls_li_tt
- Congo. Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a standoff with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries.
Six-Day War/ Arab-Israeli War 1967
Valley of Tears (2020) (Terry Martin) TV Series
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8190688/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
On 6th October 1973, the Middle East was shaken by the biggest war it had ever seen. A war that should have been the last one, and that forever changed the region.
