Beneath The Sky Of Porphyry: Summary

Unlike Fantasia and a Dying Colonialism, which are based on real accounts given to the reporters that were there at the time of the battle. Beneath the Sky of Porphyry is a fictional piece based off of real events that during the War of Liberation in Algeria. The book takes place between the years of 1954 and 1974. Similar to the previous books mentioned the war of independence where the Algerian people wanted to free themselves from their French colonizers and pave their own path after so many years of oppression. The natives were sick and tired of not feeling that the lands of Algeria were not their own. It's as if they never felt the connection to the land, they are just living there. The push from the revolution gave the people the chance
Judging by how the filmmakers oriented the visuals throughout the movie, it was clear that they depicted the French as having some sort of counterinsurgency tactic such as torture that might have won them the Battle of Algiers, but it unexpectedly backfired on them causing the French to be unable to maintain their control over Algeria . Pontecorvo’s film focused on the anti-imperialistic resistance that occurred during the Algerian Revolution. The Battle of Algiers wanted to portray the struggle that the National Liberation Front or the FLN had to endure during their fight for independence and free the people from their oppression. A goal for the film was to present the FLN as freedom fighters that resorted to terroristic attacks as a last resort in order to combat the French colonizers. As preparation for the masses and to get them ready for the struggle the French, the FLN began a program to that would start to eat away at the French. They began clear the out the accumulation of drugs and prostitution, that the French had encouraged and tolerated. Following this campaign, the FLN also resorted to assassinating French police officers that they found roaming the streets If they were going to take back their city they were going to need to start somewhere and taking out the local authority was going to get their attention that this was a real resistance. However, not much animosity was aimed towards the French citizens. As a countermeasure, the French placed bombs in the Casbah, indiscriminately taking with them Algerian families that were sleeping. This in turn anger the FLN and in retaliation sent three women dressed in European clothing to three separate locations that were frequented by young people. Another retaliation was enacted by the