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Fort Du Conquet Destruction of the Vautier Archives (1983)

Fort Du Conquet Destruction of the Vautier Archives (1983)

Documentary
Release Date: 1983, January 1
Directors: René Vautier
Countries: France
Production: René Vautier

Overview:

Resistance fighter under the occupation, committed to the FLN during the Algerian war, member of the Medvedkine group after May 1968 and defender of Breton autonomy, René Vautier was a committed filmmaker, author of an anti-colonialist work in which he denounces the repression, torture and racism. In 1983, René Vautier discovered, by the light of a flashlight, his films cut up and scattered at Fort du Conquet. Police also came to check the damage.

Keywords:

anti-imperialism film censorship anti-colonialism censure cinema guerilla autodafé