52′, directed by Jean-Pierre Carlon.
Film of the collection “14-18: beyond the war”, co-produced by France Télévisions.
With the support of the CNC, the CNC Nouvelles Technologies, the ACSÉ – Commission Images de la diversité, the Ministry of Defense – General Secretariat for Administration, Directorate of Memory, Heritage and Archives, the PACA region, the Procirep, the Angoa, the City of Marseille, the Mission of the Centenary of the First World War and the General Council of Bouches-du-Rhône.
Label “Centenary” of the Mission of the centenary of the 1st World War.
Selected for FIGRA.
Other broadcasting : Cameroon Radio Télévision (CRTV).
1914, something is going to change: the Other is no longer the fruit of our imagination… It is no longer the one from distant lands that was exhibited in colonial exhibitions with women and children. Today, he is here; he walks in our streets, we can talk to him, touch him, satisfy our curiosity, acclaim him as our savior, love him why not, hate him if necessary. Coming from all over the world by thousands, by millions, they come to save France.
This sudden mixing of populations is not going to be without exerting a considerable influence on what has shaped the society in which we live today, but also to allow foreigners to know us better. Bakary Diallo is the only African rifleman to have left a written trace of this war, no doubt thanks to Lucie Cousturier, the painter who taught French to Africans in the Fréjus region. Illustrated by Sébastien Allart, their story, that of ordinary people who lived through these tragic events, is told with sensitive touches throughout this film.
With the help of Marc Michel, Emmanuelle Cronier, Jacques Frémeaux, Jean-Yves Le Naour, Li Ma and Jean-Pierre Turbergue.
Edition of a DVD box set by France Télévisions Distribution, including the 6 films of the collection “14-18: beyond the war”.