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Terrorism in The Battle of Algiers is presented as a political act. It portrays the "brutality and oppressiveness of the capitalist powers which exploit both the populace and the natural wealth of their 'colonies'".1 Through it's depicting of a people's struggle, Pontecorvo portrays the response of these people to their oppression. Algerian terrorism is presented as a response to colonial oppression by the French. In order to give the impression of realism and objectivity Pontecorvo doesn't caricature the French. He portrays their use of torture as necessary for the French side in defence of France's power. Political positioning of the audience in The Battle of Algiers is important when considering the treatment of terrorism and torture as political acts. Pontecorvo reverses cinematic conventions and enables the audience to identify with the colonised rather than the coloniser. The spectator is put into an anti-colonialist perspective and so immediately the Algerians...

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