D'une brousse à l'autre (1998)

In March 1996 the French government decided to expel all African family who did not have papers from the city of Paris. During a six month period of time, the director followed many of the families and got there testimonials about how it felt to be discriminated against by the French on film. Eventually the documentary focuses on one man who emerges at the center of the fight to not to be sent back to Africa. In the end he is sent back to his native Mali, the director and his camera accompany him.

Released

1998-09-02

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

104 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Jacques Kébadian

TMDB rating

8.0/10 from 1 votes