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Afrique 50

1950-12-31
6.8
fr 17m
Documentary
Afrique 50 is a 1950 French documentary film directed by René Vautier. The first French anti-colonialist film, the film derived from an assignment in which the director was to cover educational activities by the French League of Schooling in West Africa. Vautier later filmed what he saw, a "lack of teachers and doctors, the crimes committed by the French Army in the name of France, the instrumentalization of the colonized peoples". For his role in the film Vautier was imprisoned over several months. The film was not permitted to be shown for more than 40 years.

Director

René Vautier

Producer

René Vautier

Editor

René Vautier

Writer

René Vautier

Music

Keita Fodela

Director of Photography

René Vautier

short film

Status

Released

Countries

  • France

Companies

  • Ligue française de l'enseignement