Drowning by bullets / Dominant 7 presents a Point du jour, FR3, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Channel 4 co-production ; directed and produced by Philip Brooks and Alan Hayling.
On October 17, 1961, about 30,000 Algerians, ostensibly French citizens, took to the streets of central Paris to protest an 8:30 curfew, put in place in response to repeated terrorist attacks by Algerian nationalists. The protesters were met by a police force determined to break up the demonstration...
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| Language: | English French |
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In English and French with English subtitles. |
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[Brooklyn, New York] :
[Distributed by] Icarus Films,
[2018]
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| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (52 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Summary: |
On October 17, 1961, about 30,000 Algerians, ostensibly French citizens, took to the streets of central Paris to protest an 8:30 curfew, put in place in response to repeated terrorist attacks by Algerian nationalists. The protesters were met by a police force determined to break up the demonstration and were beaten, shot, even drowned in the Seine. This film exposes the massacre and the cover-up. |
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| Note: | Title from title frames. Originally produced by: Dominant, ©2001; previously released in 2003. |
| Call Number: | DC718.A4 D70 2018 |
| Interest Grade Level: |
10 and up. |
| Credits: | Editor, Michèle Courbou. ; camera, Nina Kellgren. |
| System Details: | System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Narrator, Mark Halliley. |
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Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed September 11, 2018). |