, the self-described "most censored director in  ", died yesterday aged 86. René Vautier in 2005 Vautier focused on French colonies. He made over 150 films and targeted what he described as "lack of teachers and doctors, the crimes committed by the French Army in the name of France, the instrumentalization of the colonized peoples". One topic of particular focus was the war in Algeria. Between 1954 and 1962 Algerians fought for, and won, their independence from France. Vautier's achievements outside of directing include a in 1973 against what he viewed as political censorship. French law was changed. His activism went back to age 15 when he joined the during . He documented himself in a 1998 book. In the 1960s he headed back to newly-independent Algeria to teach film directing.
, the self-described "most censored director in France ", died yesterday aged 86. René Vautier in 2005 Vautier focused on French colonies. He made over 150 films and targeted what he described as "lack of teachers and doctors, the crimes committed by the French Army in the name of France, the instrumentalization of the colonized peoples". One topic of particular focus was the war in Algeria. Between 1954 and 1962 Algerians fought for, and won, their independence from France. Vautier's achievements outside of directing include a in 1973 against what he viewed as political censorship. French law was changed. His activism went back to age 15 when he joined the French Resistance during World War II . He documented himself in a 1998 book. In the 1960s he headed back to newly-independent Algeria to teach film directing.
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