Fort Du Conquet Destruction of the Vautier Archives
Fort Du Conquet Destruction of the Vautier Archives

Fort Du Conquet Destruction of the Vautier Archives

1983

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Resistance fighter under the occupation, committed to the FLN during the Algerian war, member of the Medvedkine group after May 1968 and defender of Breton autonomy, René Vautier was a committed filmmaker, author of an anti-colonialist work in which he denounces the repression, torture and racism. In 1983, René Vautier discovered, by the light of a flashlight, his films cut up and scattered at Fort du Conquet. Police also came to check the damage.

René Vautier

Writer, Director