Afrique 50 (1950)

ALL 12/31/1950 (fr) Documentary 17 Min
  • Release
    12/31/1950
  • Production
    Ligue française de l'enseignement
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    Afrique 50
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. René Vautier

    Director

  2. Story

  3. René Vautier

    Editor

  4. René Vautier

    Producer



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  1. René Vautier

    Récitant / Narrator

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 1 , Crews : 6

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Afrique 50 (1950) 17 Min

ALL 12/31/1950 (fr)
Documentary
  • Release 12/31/1950
  • Production
    Ligue française de l'enseignement
  • Original title Afrique 50
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. René Vautier

    Director

  2. Story

  3. René Vautier

    Editor

  4. René Vautier

    Producer