Afrique 50 [a.fʁik sɛ̃.kɑ̃t] 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 (in modern Mali and Ivory Coast). 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][2][3]

Afrique 50
Directed byRené Vautier
Screenplay byRené Vautier
Produced byLigue française de l'Enseignement
CinematographyRené Vautier
Edited byRené Vautier
Music byKeita Fodela
Release date
  • 1950 (1950)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

References

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  1. ^ Malitsky, Joshua (April 13, 2021). A Companion to Documentary Film History. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781119116295 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Lebrat, Christian (May 7, 2020). "Radical Cinema: Christian Lebrat". Eyewash Books – via Google Books.
  3. ^ Genova, James E. (September 25, 2013). Cinema and Development in West Africa. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253010117 – via Google Books.
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