Le Petit Blanc à la caméra rouge (2007)

Shot in West Africa in 1949 by a very young man fresh out of film school, censored in France from 1950 to 1990, 'Africa 50' is the first overtly anti-colonialist film in French cinema. This all-out attack on France's African policy was a scathing indictment, which the French government did everything in its power to suppress. It was also the first film by René Vautier, who would go on to make 'Avoir 20 ans dans les Aurès' (1971), another significant film about French policy in Africa. By retracing the peregrinations of the director between Africa and France, and placing 'Africa 50' in its post-war historical and political context, 'Le Petit Blanc à la caméra rouge' invites us to (re)discover this b/w 17-minute film.