Emitai:
Plot:
This film is from Senegal, a former French colonial nation in Africa. When the French attempted to control the lives of these African villagers too minutely, to the point of regulating how they worshipped their gods, a general revolt broke out which was met with severe reprisals. This film explores that time.
Quotes:
Based on a real incident, Emitai dramatizes the tension between West African villagers and French soldiers during the early days of World War II. The Vichy government sends troops to round up young African men to fight as soldiers. The people in a Diola village resist, leading to a conflict over rice supplies that escalates into tragedy. The film was considered objectionable in many quarters in France and the final image was censored there. Because the film honestly portrays the complicity of some Africans in their own oppression, it was also banned in Senegal and other parts of Africa. French with English subtitles.
Reference website:
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9A04E1DB1730E63ABC4852DFB4668388669EDE
http://hcl.harvard.edu/hfa/films/2007fall/sembene.html
http://www.jstor.org/pss/524007
 
Camp de Thiaroye:
Plot:
Thiermo Faty Sow based Camp de Thiaroye on their own experiences. During the French/Algerian war, a group of black soldiers fight on the side of France. But when hostilities cease, they are detained by their own government in the titular prison camp before being sent home. While incarcerated, they begin to wonder if their cause -- actually their country's cause -- is truly worth it.留学生论文代写网代写留学生论文,英国硕士论文,澳洲论文留学生论文代写网代写留学生论文,英国硕士论文,澳洲论文,