Afrique 50 backdrop
Afrique 50 poster

Quick Info

IMDb
Rating
6.8/10
Release1950
Runtime0h 17m
StatusReleased
BudgetN/A
RevenueN/A
Production
Ligue française de l'enseignement
Movie

Afrique 50

1950
0h 17m
6.8
Documentary

Synopsis

The first French anti-colonialist film, derived from an assignment in which the director was to document educational activities by the French League of Schooling in West Africa. Vautier later filmed what he actually 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 for several months. The film was banned from public screening for more than 40 years.

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