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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Algerian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)

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Born
February 26, 1934
Died
May 23, 2025
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1934

About Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina was an Algerian film director and screenwriter. He is best known for his 1975 film Chronicle of the Years of Fire, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival and became the first Arab and African film to win the award. He is one of the most prominent figures in contemporary Arabic cinema. Lakhdar-Hamina's first films explore issues of national identity and the search for the Self in the context of postcolonial emancipation. He first became interested in the world of cinema at the Lycée Carnot in Cannes, France. In 1960, he joined the Service Cinema, created by the Algerian government in exile.

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Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina timeline

  1. In 1960, he joined the Service Cinema, created by the Algerian government in exile.
  2. He is best known for his 1975 film Chronicle of the Years of Fire, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival and became the first Arab and African film to win the award.

The world when Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina was born

Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina was born in 1934. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1934

  • #1 song"Stars Fell on Alabama"
  • Top movieIt Happened One Night
  • Best-selling bookTender Is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Masters Tournament held at Augusta National
  • Top headlineFBI kills John Dillinger outside a Chicago theater
  • Technology milestoneFirst streamlined passenger train (Burlington Zephyr)
  • Defining fadShirley Temple mania
  • Notable inventionLaundromat
  • World population2.20 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population126.4M

1934 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19342026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$4,900$435,000
Average income$2,500$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population126.4M341 million

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