Afrique 50 Série-Collection : Le Baillon colonial

René Vautier
1950 - 17 min - 16 mm & Beta SP - Noir & Blanc - France

"Afrique 50", France’s first anti-colonialist film, was banned by the censorship board, yet has recently been awarded a prize by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. On its completion, this biting pamphlet against French colonialism in black Africa earned its author thirteen indictments and a year’s prison sentence. In the post-war period of European reconstruction, France wanted to show her colonies in the best possible light and promoted the image of the Republic leading her child-like pupils with a maternal hand to the light of reason and progress. Not everybody, however, subscribed to this vision.

Colonialisme | Afrique


Author-Director : René Vautier
Editing : René Vautier
Original Music : Keita Fodéba
Delegate Producer : Ligue de l'enseignement
Co-producer : René Vautier

Distribution


Distributor : Zaradoc Films
Distributor : Cinémathèque de Bretagne
Not commercial Distribution : ADAV
DVD Editing : Les Mutins de Pangée
VOD : Les Mutins de Pangée
Circulation-Consultation : Musée national de l'Histoire de l'immigration, BnF (Bibliothèque nationale de France). Département de l'Audiovisuel