Congo-Océan : un chemin de fer et de sang
Réalisation
Catherine BERNSTEIN
The construction of the Congo-Ocean railroad from the equatorial forest of Brazzaville to the Atlantic Ocean was one of the most colossal projects in French colonial history. Between 1921 and 1934, it claimed nearly 20,000 deaths among the African forced laborers. With unedited archives, this film delves into the roots of colonization and bears witness to its dreadful violence.
Réalisé par
Catherine BERNSTEIN
Narrateur
Léonie SIMAGA
Photographie
Jérôme COLIN
Montage
Matthieu BRETAUD
Musique
Dominique PETER
Production
Point du Jour - Les films du Balibari
ZED
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Distribution
ZED
Ventes
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Réalisé par
Catherine BERNSTEIN
Catherine Bernstein directed her first short, Zohra on the Beach, in 1996. Followed three documentaries on German guilt: Grand’ma, Sour Grapes and The Absent Ones. Murder of a Hatmaker, 85 minutes, made in 2006, deals with the plundering of the Jews by the Vichy government, winning awards worldwide. In 2007 she directed a portrait of the philosopher Michel Serres for France 5 and Asylum, shown on Arte made from found footage from psychiatric hospitals. Her documentary, Naked, 2009, won the Best film Award at Saint Petersburg International Festival. The Bookseller a spy documentary has won awards worldwide. She directed T4, A Physician under the Nazis and then Fritz Bauer, a prosecutor againt the nazi. En 2019, she directed La SNCF sous L'Occupation and Let's Save the Children dealing with the role of the French Train Company and the WW2 deportation of the Jews.
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