Camp de Thiaroye

Camp de Thiaroye tells the largely untold history of the Thiaroye Massacre. In 1944 the French army murdered of hundreds of Senegalese soldiers who were protesting their pay after they were drafted by France to fight the Nazis. Instead of being met with gratitude following their sacrifices during the war, the soldiers instead endured harassment, poor rations, and saw only a portion of the pay they were promised leading to an explosive act of resistance that ended in tragedy. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 1988 Venice Film Festival. (154 mins., 4K DCP)

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