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Afrique 50 (1950)
Directed by René Vautier
Documentary · 17m
The 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.
Cast
René Vautier
Crew
- Director
- René Vautier
- Writer
- René Vautier
- Director of Photography
- René Vautier
- Editor
- René Vautier
- Producer
- René Vautier
Details
- Release date
- 1950-12-31
- Runtime
- 17m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Ligue française de l'enseignement