Afrique 50 (1950)
Director: René Vautier
Runtime: 17 min
René Vautier went to West Africa to make a documentary for the French League of Schooling, but when he arrived there he was appalled by the colonial exploitation, brutal crimes of the French army and poverty people lived in. Although upon his return to the country, the police seized the filmed material, he managed to preserve enough footage to release this short film in 1950. Afrique 50 is considered to be the first French anti-colonial film. The film was immediately seized, the author tried on thirteen counts and sentenced to one year in prison, and the film was banned for the next 40 years.
You can watch this film online:
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vb3DkggPtaQ?rel=0]
Related posts:
All the President's Men
All the President's Men (1976)
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford
Runtime: 138 min
During the U.S. presidential campai...
Week end
Week end (1967)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Actors: Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne
Runtime: 105 min
A couple prepares for the weekend. He doesn't love her...
Generation Kill
Generation Kill (2008)
Director: Susanna White, Simon Cellan Jones
Actors: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen, Jon Huertas, Stark Sand...
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Director: Kirby Dick
Runtime: 97 min
It’s very interesting to see how the Motion Picture Association of America's...