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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

  1. 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.

 

 


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