Resources ‘Decolonisation’
The members of Diazinteregio have been working for many years to promote their collections of film archives from their respective regions. Within the Amorce platform, we bring together their work on common topics. Discover a selection of articles on the respective websites of the network members on key points relating to the theme of decolonisation, as well as archive montages and recordings of testimonies produced by our members and published on Amorce.
Articles
In March 1962, at the time of the signing of the Évian Accords, a French conscript films in the streets of Sour-El-Ghoslane.
How do images shot in Algeria during colonisation and the war of independence, divided between ‘souvenir images’ and ‘memory images’, play a key role in understanding these two historical periods?
In this dossier, teachers will find material to work on both colonisation and decolonisation, as well as the difficult aftermath of Algerian independence.
In this dossier, teachers will find material to work on both colonisation and decolonisation, as well as the difficult aftermath of Algerian independence.
From 1954 to 1967, the May Day parade was banned in Paris – a decision taken after the massacre of 14 July 1953, which saw seven Algerian and French demonstrators killed by police gunfire. Static gatherings replaced the parade. A few fleeting images filmed on these occasions by the PCF and the CGT bear witness to the persistence of demands for Algerian independence.
