Sawt Echaâb (1961)
“La Voix du Peuple,” composed of archival photographs by René Vauthier and others, exposes the root causes of the armed conflict of the Algerian resistance. Participating in a war of real images against French colonial propaganda, these images aimed to show the images that the occupier had censored or distorted, by showing the extortions of the French occupation army: torture, arrests and arbitrary executions, napalm bombings, roundabout fires, erasing entire villages from the map, etc. This is what the French media described as a “pacification campaign”.
Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Djamel-Eddine Chanderli
Genre: War, Documentary
Runtime: 20 min
Release Date: January 1, 1961
Screenplay
Cinematography: René Vautier
Production: Agence Algérienne pour le Rayonnement Culturel
Country: Algeria
Language: العربية, Français
Original Language: ar
Keywords
algeria, french colonialism, algerian war (1954-62), anti-colonialism, guerilla army, djazair, independance war, resistance army
More Films by Director: Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Djamel-Eddine Chanderli
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Sawt Echaâb about?
- “La Voix du Peuple,” composed of archival photographs by René Vauthier and others, exposes the root causes of the armed conflict of the Algerian resistance. Participating in a war of real images against French colonial propaganda, these images aimed to show the images that the occupier had censored or distorted, by showing the extortions of the French occupation army: torture, arrests and arbitrary executions, napalm bombings, roundabout fires, erasing entire villages from the map, etc. This is what the French media described as a “pacification campaign”.
- Who directed Sawt Echaâb?
- Sawt Echaâb was directed by Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Djamel-Eddine Chanderli.
- How long is Sawt Echaâb?
- Sawt Echaâb has a runtime of 20m (20 minutes).
- What genre is Sawt Echaâb?
- Sawt Echaâb is a War, Documentary film.
- Where was Sawt Echaâb produced?
- Sawt Echaâb was produced in Algeria.