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The Setif Massacres, a certain May 8, 1945 (1995)

The Setif Massacres, a certain May 8, 1945 (1995)

History War Documentary
Release Date: 1995, May 10
Directors: Medhi Lallaoui, Bernard Langlois
Countries: France
Production: Mémoires Vives productions, Mémoires Vives productions, ARTE, ARTE, Point du Jour, Point du Jour, Éditions Au Nom De La Mémoire, Éditions Au Nom De La Mémoire
Cast: Bernard Langlois

Overview:

May 8, 1945, the day of victory over Nazism, is also a day of mourning. In Algiers, thanks to demonstrations for victory, the Algerian flag appears for the first time, thus claiming independence. But in Sétif, the standard bearer is shot dead at the head of the procession and a riot breaks out. The colonial massacre that followed would extend to all of Constantine. The commission of inquiry never delivered its conclusions and an amnesty law erased the traces of this savage repression. Fifty years later, the file is open.

Keywords:

genocide war crimes french colonialism algeria algerian war (1954-62) djazair massacres de sétif sétif