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"Le réalisateur reconstitue, à partir de scènes dramatisées, de film d'actualités et de lettres de prison, la vie de son père Marof Achkar avant son exécution clandestine dans les prisons de Sekou Touré en 1971. Ambassadeur de Guinée aux Nations Unies dans le gouvernement postcolonial de Guinée, Achkar est rappelé à Conakry en 1968, emprisonné pour délits politiques et exécuté secrètement en 1971."
"Through home movies, old newsreels, letters and fictional reconstruction of imprisonment, this film examines the life of Marof Achkar, the filmmaker's father, a diplomat under the Sekou Toure regime, who later disappeared into the Guinean gulag. Film reevaluates the turbulent decade of African independence and discusses its relevance to the new political order on the continent."
"Through home movies, old newsreels, letters and fictional reconstruction of imprisonment, this film examines the life of the filmmaker's father, a diplomat under the Sekou Toure regime, who later disappeared into the Guinean gulag. Film reevaluates the turbulent decade of African independence and discusses its relevance to the new political order on the continent."@en
"Through home movies, old newsreels, letters and fictional reconstruction of imprisonment, this film examines the life of the filmmaker's father, a diplomat under the Sekou Toure regime, who later disappeared into the Guinean gulag. Film reevaluates the turbulent decade of African independence and discusses its relevance to the new political order on the continent."
"Using home movies and letters, as well as newsreels and dramatization, recalls the life of Marof Achkar, which closely parallels the rise and fall of Africa's own hopes for independence."
"Using home movies and letters, as well as newsreels and dramatization, French-Guinean first-time director David Achkar reconstructs the life of his father, Marof Achkar, a prominent figure in Sekou Touré's post colonial government, Guinea's U.N. ambassador and an articulate spokesman for African causes. Recalled to Conakry in 1968, he was unjustly imprisoned and secretly executed in 1971. His family was expelled from the country and not officially notified of his death until 1984, after Touré's death. David Achkar relies heavily on letters written by his father in prison in this personal and political reappraisal of Africa's human rights abuses."
"Premier film africain à confronter les coûts personnels et politiques des abus des droits de l'homme sur le continent africain. Le réalisateur reconstitute, à partir de scènes dramatisées, de film d'actualités et de lettres de prison, la vie de son père Marof Achkar avant son exécution clandestine dans les prisons de Sekou Touré en 1971. Ambassadeur de Guinée aux Nations Unies dans le gouvernement postcolonial de Guinée, porte-parole des causes africaines sur le plan internatinal, Achkar est rappelé à Conakry en 1968, emprisonné pour délits politiques et exécuté secrètement en 1971. Sa famille est expulsée de Guinée et informée de sa mort après de décès de Touré en 1984. En 1986, David Achkar reçoit les lettres de prison de son père et entreprend de faire sa connaissance et de réévaluer l'histoire africaine contemporaine."
"Through home movies, old newsreels, letters and fictional reconstruction of imprisonment, this film examines the life of the filmmaker's father, Marof Achkar, a diplomat under the Sekou Toure regime, who later disappeared into the Guinean gulag. This film reevaluates the turbulent decade of African independence and discusses its relevance to the new political order on the continent."
""À partir de lettres écrites par son père pendant son incarcération, David Achkar réalise un docu-fiction poignant sur l'emprisonnement et l'injustice. Allah Tantou : à la grâce de Dieu, est aussi un témoignage sur l'espoir déçu de toute une communauté africaine humaniste en route vers la démocratie et l'indépendance."--Site Internet Africultures."
"Old home movies, newsreels and a prison diary are interwoven to link personal and public history in this assessment of human rights abuses in Guinea-Conakry. Allah Tantou is the first African film to confront the immense personal and political costs of the widespread human rights abuses on the continent. It follows filmmaker David Achkar's search for his father, his father's search for himself inside a Guinean prison and Africa's search for a new beginning amid the disillusionment of the post-independence era. One of the most courageous and controversial films of recent years, Allah Tantou speaks in an unabashedly personal voice not often heard in African cinema. The life of Marof Achkar, David's father, can be seen as emblematic of much recent African history. In 1958, his countryman, Sekou Touri, declared Guinea the first independent French African colony and became a hero of Pan-Africanism. Marof Achkar, a leading figure in the Ballets Africains, served as U.N. ambassador for the new government. In 1968, Achkar was suddenly recalled, charged with treason and vanished into the notorious Camp Boiro prison. His family was exiled and, only after Touri's death in 1984, did they learn of Achkar's execution in 1971. David Achkar writes, "I knew my father was a hero, but I wanted to know what that meant." The Marof Achkar we first encounter in home movies and newsreels is a charismatic, confident performer on the world stage. The Marof Achkar glimpsed later through letters and a remarkable prison diary is a man bereft of position, identity and family; he is now simply "Number 54." But in prison, he undergoes an almost religious conversion. "It's strange, " he wrote, "I've never felt so humble, insignificant and yet it is the deepest reason of my happiness: I believe it's the grace of God." In a cinematic tradition which has privileged the calm collective voice of the griot, Allah Tantou speaks with the fragmented, uncertain rhythms of the individual conscience. Achkar juxtaposes diverse, sometimes contradictory texts - documentary, newsreel, dramatizations, photos, journals - to deny us a single, authoritative narrative space. Allah Tantou argues through its example that vigorous debate, candor and self-criticism are the pre-conditions for Africa's political and spiritual renewal. "Wrenching as well as cathartic, it required a special kind of courage to make this film." - Philadelphia Inquirer. "Better than any African film before it, Allah Tantou brilliantly redefines the documentary genre." - Manthia Diawara, New York University. "Makes intense links between personal and public history...A powerful tool for reassessing the recent African past." - Black Film Review."

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"Documentary films"
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"Allah Tantou, a la grace de Dieu = Allah Tantou, God's will be done"
"Allah Tantou À la grâce de Dieu = God's will be done = [God's will]"
"Allah Tantou"
"Allah Tantou a la grâce de Dieu = Allah Tantou, God's will be done"
"Allah Tantou (À la grâce de Dieu) Allah Tantou (God's will be done)"
"Allah tantou"
"Allah Tantou à la grâce de Dieu = Allah Tantou, God's will be done"
"Allah Tantou = God's will be done"
"Allah Tantou (God's Will)"
"Allah Tantou (a la grâce de Dieu)"
"Allah Tantou A la grace de Dieu = God's will"
"Allah Tantou, a la grace de Dieu Allah Tantou, God's will be done"@en
"Allah Tantou, a la grace de Dieu Allah Tantou, God's will be done"
"Allah tantou A la grâce de Dieu = God's will be done"
"Allah Tantou God's will"

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