Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina Dies: Algerian Cannes Palme D’Or Winner Was 91

Algerian director Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, whose 1975 drama Chronicles of the Years of Fire remains Africa’s only Cannes Palme d’Or to this day, has died at the age of 91. Lakhdar-Hamina’s family said the producer and director died at his home in the Algerian capital of Algers on May 23. In quirk of fate, the Cannes […]