(ALGERIA, SPECIAL WEAPONS SECTIONS)
52 min – 2025
Director : Claire Billet (France)
Production : SOLENT PRODUCTION (France)
The French army used banned chemical gases during the Algerian War. Officials ordered, tested, and then used toxic gases on a large scale to eliminate fighters of the National Liberation Army. Based on the work of a historian and interviews with witnesses, this unprecedented investigation explores a little-known scandal.
A journalist influenced by six years of correspondence in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Claire BILLET has spent the past fifteen years making documentary films that examine life after war and shed light on the mechanics of conflict. She is particularly interested in life in migration, the memory of conflicts carried within families, and the role of injustice.