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20.01.2018
On the occasion of the finissage of the exhibition Discreet Violence: French Camps in Colonized Algeria, curated by Samia Henni, film excerpts annotated by Brigitta Kuster in conversation with Yasmina Dekkar, were screened at Archive Kabinett on January 20th.
19.12.2017
Based on private and institutional archives, including the French Service cinématographique des armées, Discreet Violence: French Camps in Colonized Algeria features certain aspects of the massive forced resettlement of civilians during the Algerian Revolution (1954–1962), and disclosures the ways with which the French colonial regime attempted to divert the military purpose of the camps in the aftermath of a medial scandal of 1959.
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18.11.2017
In connection with the screening programme, 'Tropicália and Beyond: Dialogues in Brazilian Film History' at Tate Modern, Archive Books presented a publication by the same title, edited by Stefan Solomon, along with the screening of 'A Maldição Tropical' and 'Barravento Novo'.