Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth

An examination of the filmmaking of Gillo Pontecorvo: his two masterpieces, The Battle of Algiers (1966) and Burn! (1969), and his subsequent difficulty getting films made.An examination of the filmmaking of Gillo Pontecorvo: his two masterpieces, The Battle of Algiers (1966) and Burn! (1969), and his subsequent difficulty getting films made.An examination of the filmmaking of Gillo Pontecorvo: his two masterpieces, The Battle of Algiers (1966) and Burn! (1969), and his subsequent difficulty getting films made.