Mémoires du 17 octobre 1961 (2002)

Three demonstrators from October 17, 1961, and a journalist recount the peaceful success of the demonstration and its brutal repression in the streets of Paris. Five months before the end of the Algerian War, the Gaullist government violently suppressed (40 to 300 deaths in a single evening, according to various sources) a peaceful demonstration by the entire Algerian civilian population of the Paris region, protesting the curfew imposed solely on this population (all participants held French citizenship). The government long denied this state crime; the official version: 3 deaths! In 1962, these events were granted amnesty by a simple decree (later enacted into law) issued by the same Gaullist government.

Released

2002-01-01

Genres

Documentary, History, Drama

Runtime

17 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Bernard Richard, Faïza Guène

TMDB rating

10.0/10 from 1 votes