The Death Knell
1964•6m•10.0•Released
Documentary
At the beginning of the 1960s, in Salisbury (now Harare), in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), the government of Ian Smith hanged three black revolutionaries who had nevertheless been pardoned by the Queen of England. René Vautier, with ZAPU (Zimbabwe African Party for Unity), denounces this killing. Expelled by the Rhodesian police (informed by the French secret services), the filmmaker shoots a film in Algeria in the form of an indictment against colonial savagery. The film was first banned in France, then authorized in 1965.
Director
René Vautier
Writer
René Vautier, Djibril Diop Mambéty
Languages
French
Studio
René Vautier
Cast
Djibril Diop Mambéty
Narrator
Production
Company
René Vautier
Producer
René Vautier
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