Mathieu Rigouste
2020 - 81 min - Video Full HD - Couleur et Noir & Blanc - France
On December 11th, 1960, after 130 years of French colonialism, the Algerian people defeated the military counter-revolution and invaded the forbidden neighbourhoods of Algeria's large cities. With women, elders and children on the front line, the demonstrators took over the streets in thousands of places, and organized soup kitchens, clandestine hospitals...
While the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) had been deeply weakened by the French counterinsurgency, it's the people who took over the war of independence and snatched its political side.
Author-Director : Mathieu Rigouste
Photography : Mathieu Rigouste, K.S Leo, Catherine Libert
Sound : Mathieu Rigouste, Ine Houss, Theo Serror
Editing : Mathieu Rigouste
Delegate Producer : AAEFP (Atelier autonome d'enquête et de formation populaires)
Contribution : Helloasso