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6.8The first French anti-colonialist film, derived from an assignment in which the director was to document educational activities by the French League of Schooling in West Africa. Vautier later filmed what he actually saw: “a lack of teachers and doctors, the crimes committed by the French Army in the name of France, the instrumentalization of the colonized peoples.” For his role in the film, Vautier was imprisoned for several months. The film was banned from public screening for more than 40 years.
Released: 1950-12-3117 minDir: René VautierDocumentary
Cast
- René Vautier as Récitant / Narrator
Themes
- anti-colonialism
- short film
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- FilmAffinity ID
- 472258
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- publication date
- 1956-01-01
- title
- Afrique 50
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1950 films1950 French films1950 French-language films1950 short documentary filmsAnticolonial filmDocumentary films about African resistance to colonialismFilms directed by René VautierFilms set in the French colonial empireFilms shot in Ivory CoastFilms shot in MaliFrench black-and-white filmsFrench short documentary filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date