Yasmina

At a glance

Yasmina, is a 1961 Algerian movie, directed by Djamel-Eddine Chanderli and Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina. with a runtime of 15 minutes.

Overview

Yasmina is a rare piece of Algerian wartime cinema, filmed in 1961 at the height of the War of Independence. The film follows a young Algerian girl whose father is killed in a French colonial army bombing, forcing her family on a harrowing journey toward refugee camps on the Tunisian border. Produced by the Cinema Service of Algeria's Provisional Government (GPRA), the film was crafted as a direct counter-narrative to French colonial propaganda — documenting atrocities including torture, arbitrary executions, napalm strikes, and the erasure of entire villages that French media euphemistically labeled a 'pacification campaign.' A vital historical record of resistance, courage, and the human cost of colonial occupation.

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