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Title | Author | Year of Publication | Country | Abstract |
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Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City | Iliou, Maria | 2013 | Greece |
This documentary reveals a largely forgotten past by recounting the Great Fire of Smyrna, which destroyed the ancient Greek city in 1922 during the Greco-Turkish War. Shortly after World War I, the Greek government set up a military state in... |
La Valise ou Le Cercueil | Cassan, Charly | 2013 | France |
A documentary detailing the consequences of the Algerian War for two groups: the harkis, native Algerians who served on the side of France for diverse reasons, and the pieds noirs, colonists of European descent. Neither were welcome in... |
Faire Quelque Chose | Vincent Goubet | 2013 | France |
This documentary explores why some joined the French Resistance during World War II. Interviewees reveal an unwillingness to submit to Germany and Vichy France. Their memories reveal the origins, evolution, and lasting impact of the Resistance.... |
Les jours heureux | Perret, Gilles | 2013 | France |
Based on interviews, this documentary explores the role of National Council of the Resistance (NCR) in creating the French welfare state during and after World War II. Entitled “Happy Days,” the NCR envisioned a vast program of pensions, social... |
Alias Caracalla, au coeur de la Résistance | Tasma, Alain | 2013 | France |
Based on real events, this television miniseries recounts the political and intellectual evolution of a young French man during World War II. Daniel Cordier, an ethnocentric nationalist, becomes disillusioned by Petain's surrender to Nazi Germany... |
Good Vibrations | D'Sa, Lisa Barros | 2013 | United Kingdom; Ireland |
Based on a true story, Good Vibrations shows how music can bridge political and religious divides in war-torn Belfast during the Troubles. In the late 1970s, Teri Hooley opens a record store and quickly finds himself in punk rock music.... |
Djeca / Children of Sarajevo | Begić, Aida | 2013 | Bosnia and Herzegovina; Germany; France; Turkey |
Rahima is an orphan of the Kosovo war. She works in a restaurant and must raise her young brother Nedim by herself. However, he is a careless student and a troublemaker, getting into various illicit schemes. During a confrontation, he breaks the... |
La guerra contra las mujeres / War Against Women | Hernán Zin | 2013 | USA, Spain |
Three years filming in ten different countries have been required to make War Against Women the most ambitious documentary ever filmed about the use of rape as a weapon of war. A quieted and ignored topic up to date, which makes victims... |
Pour une femme / For a Woman | Kurys, Diane | 2013 | France |
Two brothers reunite in Lyon after World War II. Russian Jewish immigrants Michel and his wife Léna flee a concentration camp and apply for French citizenship. His brother mysteriously shows up, causing tensions between brothers and husband and... |