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J'ai huit ans (1961)

J'ai huit ans poster
Original title
J'ai Huit Ans
Directed by
Yann Le Masson, Olga Varen, René Vautier
Genre
Documentary
Country
France
Runtime
8 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This French film documents the Algerian War through drawings and stories made by children who were eight years old at the time. It presents their perspective on the conflict and was censored until 1974.

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What happens

J'ai huit ans est un film français sorti en 1961, réalisé par Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff et Yann Le Masson et avec la participation de René Vautier. Il dénonce la guerre d'Algérie. Réalisé à partir de dessins et de récits d'enfants recueillis par Jacques Charby et Frantz Fanon, il demeure censuré jusqu'en 1974 : il a toutefois été diffusé clandestinement. Les enfants filmés ont 8 ans et sont donc nés vers le début de la guerre d'Algérie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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