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An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War

An Unhealed Wound - The Harkis in the Algerian War

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 20, 2010

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Documentary, War, TV Movie

Original Title

La Blessure, la tragédie des harkis

Production Companies

CC&C

Director

Daniel Costelle

Description

It's the unforgivable story of the two hundred thousands harkis, the Arabs who fought alongside the French in the bitter Algerian war, from 1954 to 1962. Why did they make that choice? Why were they slaughtered after Algeria's independence? Why were they abandonned by the French government? Some fifty to sixty thousands were saved and transferred in France, often at pitiful conditions. This is for the first time, the story of this tragedy, told in the brilliant style of the authors of "Apocalypse".