French Colonialism Movies

  • 1991
    The Silence of the River

    The Silence of the River

    The Silence of the River

    101991HD

    “Forgetting is complicit in recidivism,” says the commentary of this film dedicated to the demonstration of October 17, 1961 in Paris and...

    The Silence of the River
  • 2022
    Le Village De Bamboula

    Le Village De Bamboula

    Le Village De Bamboula

    82022HD

    "Bamboula": this word was chosen in the 1980s for a chocolate cookie well known to children at the time. In 1994, he sponsored an Ivorian village set...

    Le Village De Bamboula
  • 2007
    Li Fet Met (Le passé est mort)

    Li Fet Met (Le passé est mort)

    Li Fet Met (Le passé est mort)

    102007HD

    The SAS (Section Administrative Spécialisée) were created in 1956 by the French army during the Algerian war to pacify "the natives"....

    Li Fet Met (Le passé est mort)
  • 2006
    Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man

    Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man

    Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man

    8.42006HD

    Thomas Sankara, former president of Burkina Faso, was known as "the African Che", and became famous in Africa due to his innovative ideas, his...

    Thomas Sankara: The Upright Man
  • 1992
    Diên Biên Phu

    Diên Biên Phu

    Diên Biên Phu

    6.41992HD

    Vietnam, 1954. An American reporter finds himself in the middle of the battle of Điện Biên Phủ, between the French army and...

    Diên Biên Phu
  • 1985
    À Propos De... L'autre Détail

    À Propos De... L'autre Détail

    À Propos De... L'autre Détail

    91985HD

    Documentary edited from testimonies on the torture of people who experienced the war. Some witnesses were tortured by Jean-Marie Le Pen. These...

    À Propos De... L'autre Détail
  • 1965
    Les Mains Libres

    Les Mains Libres

    Les Mains Libres

    101965HD

    In 1964, Algeria, just two years after the end of the war of independence, found itself catapulted into new contradictions, a still rural territory...

    Les Mains Libres
  • 2024
    The Words Women Spoke One Day

    The Words Women Spoke One Day

    The Words Women Spoke One Day

    92024HD

    1962, at the end of the Algerian War, Algerian independence activists are released from Rennes prison. For one night, filmmaker Yann Le Masson films...

    The Words Women Spoke One Day
  • 2025
    Ils étaient tirailleurs, voix oubliées de la Grande Guerre

    Ils étaient tirailleurs, voix oubliées de la Grande Guerre

    Ils étaient tirailleurs, voix oubliées de la Grande Guerre

    82025HD

    Ils étaient tirailleurs, voix oubliées de la Grande Guerre
  • 2010
    Paroles d'un Prisonnier Français de l'ALN

    Paroles d'un Prisonnier Français de l'ALN

    Paroles d'un Prisonnier Français de l'ALN

    102010HD

    The image of French prisoners was very often evoked in Algerian cinema and literature, but until today, no Algerian or even European report or...

    Paroles d'un Prisonnier Français de l'ALN
  • 1981
    Coup de Torchon

    Coup de Torchon

    Coup de Torchon

    71981HD

    A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.

    Coup de Torchon
  • 1962
    Algérie 1962: Chronique d'un conflit

    Algérie 1962: Chronique d'un conflit

    Algérie 1962: Chronique d'un conflit

    01962HD

    Algérie 1962: Chronique d'un conflit
  • 2007
    L'Avenir est ailleurs

    L'Avenir est ailleurs

    L'Avenir est ailleurs

    102007HD

    L'Avenir est ailleurs
  • 2005
    Dark Night, October 17, 1961

    Dark Night, October 17, 1961

    Dark Night, October 17, 1961

    7.32005HD

    Parisian authorities clash with the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in director Alain Tasma’s recounting of one of the darkest...

    Dark Night, October 17, 1961
  • 1932
    Red Dust

    Red Dust

    Red Dust

    6.9261932HD

    Dennis, owner of a rubber plantation in Cochinchina, is involved with Vantine, who left Saigon to evade the police. When his new surveyor arrives...

    Red Dust
  • 2007
    The Price of Freedom

    The Price of Freedom

    The Price of Freedom

    102007HD

    In the midst of the Algerian liberation war, two characters, a meddah (traditional storyteller) and a guerrab (water distributor), having become...

    The Price of Freedom
  • 2003
    Woman of Courage - Louisa Ighilahriz

    Woman of Courage - Louisa Ighilahriz

    Woman of Courage - Louisa Ighilahriz

    102003HD

    The autobiographical account of the tormented life of a witness of the century: Louisa Ighilahriz, activist and leading figure in Algerian...

    Woman of Courage - Louisa Ighilahriz
  • 1913
    Justice de fauve

    Justice de fauve

    Justice de fauve

    01913HD

    A wealthy painter's attempts to romance Lord Nelson's Daughter is complicated when she falls for his Hindu servant instead.

    Justice de fauve
  • 1976
    Black and White in Color

    Black and White in Color

    Black and White in Color

    6.31976HD

    French colonists in Africa, several months behind in the news, find themselves at war with their German neighbors. Deciding that they must do their...

    Black and White in Color
  • 1991
    Isabelle Eberhardt

    Isabelle Eberhardt

    Isabelle Eberhardt

    4.51991HD

    The true story of explorer, journalist and writer Isabelle Eberhardt, originally from Switzerland. She moved to Annaba in Algeria in 1897 with her...

    Isabelle Eberhardt