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THIAROYE 44
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THIAROYE 44

Duration
52 min
Available subtitles
en
What happened on 1 December 1944 at the Thiaroye military camp in Senegal? West African soldiers, only just repatriated from the front, came under fire from French machine guns. Nearly 80 years later, three young artists from this Dakar suburb want to understand the reasons behind the massacre.

Directed by: Marie Thomas-Penette, François-Xavier Destors (France, 2022)