The Forgotten Night - October 17, 1961
(2011)
January 1, 2011
(FR)
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Documentary
• 15m
Overview
On October 17, 1961, in response to the curfew imposed on Muslim Algerians by Paris police prefect Maurice Papon, the FLN Federation of France organized a peaceful demonstration in the streets of the capital. The demonstration turned into a bloody crackdown: unprecedented violence, thousands of arrests, hundreds missing, and dozens dead. Today, much is known about the violence of that night: at least 200 Algerians were killed, beheaded, beaten, or thrown into the Seine; 11,500 others were arrested and often tortured. Hundreds were deported back to Algeria. Long silenced, the repression has been acknowledged thanks to the work of remembrance and eyewitness accounts.
Directors
Olivier Lambert, Thomas Salva
Writers
Olivier Lambert, Thomas Salva
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Jean-Luc Einaudi
Keywords
police brutality
pogrom
colonialism
algeria
french colonialism
algerian war (1954-62)
state crimes
djazair
french racism
violences policières
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Released
Original Language
FR
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