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The Oath, a TV film produced by Algerian television in 1963 following the end of the war of independence, tells the story of young Algerians who joined the resistance after the bloody repressions of May 1945 in Constantinois by the French colonial army .
Direction
Badie made this IMMEDIATELY post-independence. Urgency bleeds through.
Production
Shot on Algerian state TV with actual fighters? The realest real.
Director
Mustapha Badie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mustapha Badie was Algerian television's first director of programming—he literally built the network while making this.
The May 1945 massacres killed thousands; France didn't officially acknowledge them until 2005. This film arrived 42 years before the apology.
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