Burn! and Colonial Blues with River & Recluse (Patreon)

Burn!, Gillo Pontecorvo, Pontecorvo's background/politics, Spanish Civil War, Marlon Brando, Pontecorvo's use of amateur actors, Pontecorvo's earlier films, Battle of Algiers, Burn! as a response to The Battle of Algiers, cell structure, terrorism, the mixed legacy of The Battle of Algiers and its romanticism of militant activism, Haiti, Burn! as a reflection on colonial experiences in Haiti, William Cathcart, Edward Lansdale, Lansdale as a model for the William Walker character, private military companies, the deep private

Music by: Keith Allen Dennis

https://keithallendennis.bandcamp.com/