René Vautier
1950 - France - Noir & Blanc - 17'
Afrique 50, France’s first anticolonialist 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.
Photography : René Vautier
Sound : Antoine Bonfanti
Editing : René Vautier
Production : Ligue française de l’enseignement, René Vautier
Distribution : Cinémathèque de Bretagne (claude.arnal@cinematheque-bretagne.fr, +33 (0)2 98 43 53 55)