Afrique 50

Name: Afrique 50
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1950-12-31
Duration: 17 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: René Vautier

1950·Documentary·17m

7.1

★

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.

Directed by René Vautier

anti-colonialism

short film

IMDB

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Cast

René Vautier

Récitant / Narrator

Crew

René Vautier

Director

René Vautier

Writer

René Vautier

Editor

René Vautier

Director of Photography

René Vautier

Producer

Popular Reviews

13 reviews

endo

J’ai même pas les mots et je veux surtout pas faire le privilégié blanc qui fait un long pavé, j’ai reelement pas les mots, c’est juste tout simplement fou d’oser faire un film pareil avec le contexte présent.

Jayden McDonald

“…but this village is very lucky in its misery, as its one that is peaceful.”

watched for francafrique history class

i’m always surprised when i see filmmakers from such a dirty time/place in history have sentiments “progressive” enough to hold up to today (“progressive” simply just meaning anti-colonial…but hey…)

prof said something about the hand-crank camera and it explaining why all the shots are so short. hes crazy to be able to create such a sense of tempo and tension with shots that are all effectively the same length. like putting pictures to a poem

MAN FUCK FRANCE!

Elaine

9.0★ · 05/04/26

Skibidietienne

8.0★ · 05/02/26

RACLETTE

10.0★ · 04/12/26