Here We Drown Algerians
Here We Drown Algerians

Movie·2011·1h 30m

Here We Drown Algerians

Country

France

Language

Arabic

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The Story

Original title: Ici on noie les Algériens

In response to the call of the Front de libération nationale (F.L.N., the National Liberation Front), thousands of Algerians from Paris and its surroundings march on October 17, 1961, to protest against the curfew imposed on them. This peaceful demonstration will be violently put down by the police. 50 years on, the filmmaker sheds light on this still taboo subject. Blending testimony and unseen archive footage, history and memory, past and present, the film relates the different stages in these events 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.

Cinematography

Laurent Didier

Editor

Audrey Maurion

Themes

algeriafrench colonialismalgerian war (1954-62)state crimesdjazairpolice violencepolitical violencepolice crimes

Production House

Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo
INA

Audience Score

68%

5 votes

Skip10%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection27%

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Region: FR

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Crew

Laurent Didier

Director of Photography

Audrey Maurion

Editor

Yasmina Adi

Yasmina Adi

Director, Writer

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