AN ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT FILMS FROM NIGERIA (BRITISH COUNCIL/FILM LAB AFRICA SHOWCASE)
SUN 27 OCT | CINÉ LUMIÈRE, 1:30 PM | TICKETS
It depicts the Algerian War of Independence from the perspective of an Algerian peasant. At the beginning, in late 1930s, he decides to leave his village that was hit by severe drought because the French built a dam on the river, and goes into the town expecting to find a better life for himself and his family. The story spans over a period of more than 15 years – from drought, famine, typhoid, through the Second World War. The post-war status quo is shown to be maintained through manipulation and repression, but also confronted through organised anti-colonial resistance, and the repression in French prisons, which is regarded as the starting date of the Algerian revolution.
Intro: Aboubakar Sanogo
