HERE WE DROWN ALGERIANS – OCTOBER 17TH, 1961
Winner of Muhr Arab / Documentary /Muhr Arab Documentary – Second Prize: Yasmina Adi (Director)
Synopsis
In response to the call of the Front de Libération Nationale (National Liberation Front), thousands of Algerians from Paris and its suburbs, march on October 17, 1961 to protest against the curfew imposed on them. Fifty years later, the filmmaker sheds light on the events of the day. Blending testimony and unseen archive footage, history and memory, past and present, the film presents the different stages of the day and reveals the strategy and methods applied at the highest level of the French state: manipulation of public opinion, the systematic challenge of every accusation, the censoring of information in order to prevent investigation…
Genre
Docudrama
Cast & Credits
- Director: Yasmina Adi
Parental Guidance (PG)
