Contre-histoire de la France d'outre-mer

In five parts, this documentary tells the story of the colonisation of the French Overseas Territories. Slave descendants, coloniser descendants, historians, admirals, rebellious writers and politicians recount a lasting past that keeps on igniting the economic and social relations of these territories even to this day.

Prosper Ève

(Self - Historian)

Serge Letchimy

(Self - Deputy)

Gérard Le Bouëdec

(Self - Historian)

Brigitte Nicolas

(Self - Curator)

Martine Acerra

(Self - Historian)

André Lucrèce

(Self - Writer)

Edouard Boulogne

(Self - Philosopher and Writer)

Raphaël Confiant

(Self - Writer)

Gregorio Salinero

(Self - Historian)

Eric Saugera

(Self - Historian)

Frédéric Régent

(Self - Historian)

Raoul Lucas

(Self - Sociologist)

Élie Domota

(Self - Unionist)

François Bellec

(Self - Writer)

Sylviane Llinares

(Self - Historian)

Olivier Laurens

(Self - Commissioner-General)

Jean-François Géraud

(Self - Archaeologist)

Jean-Louis Vichot

(Self)

Olivier de Rohan-Chabot

(Self)

Yvette Bouquet

(Self - Artist)

Paulette Durizot Jno-Baptiste

(Self - Anthropologist)

Harry Boucard

(Self - Teacher)

Christiane Terrier

(Self - Historian)

Jone Passa

(Self - Sociologist)

Marie Salaün

(Self - Anthropologist)

Frederick Cooper

(Self - Historian)

Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch

(Self - Historian)

Daniel Maximin

(Self - Writer)

François Jacquet-Francillon

(Self - Historian)

Herman Lebovics

(Self - Historian)

Annie Bruter

(Self - Historian)

Eddy Wadrawane

(Self - Doctor in Learning Sciences)

Roger Toumson

(Self - Writer)

Maryse Condé

(Self - Writer)

Léo Elisabeth

(Self - Historian)

Gary Wilder

(Self - Anthropologist)

Pierre Gauvin

(Self - Teacher)

Aimé Césaire

(Self - Poet and Politician)

Jean-François Niort

(Self - Legal historian)

Jean-Claude William

(Self - Political science professor)

Doris Garraway

(Self - Literature professor)

Laurent Valère

(Self - Artist)

Jacky Dahomay

(Self - Philosopher)

Alexandre Alaric

(Self - Philosopher)

Pierre Aliker

(Self - Politician)

Victor Tisserand

(Self)

Victor Permal

(Self - Artist)

Frantz Fanon

(Self - Writer)

Edouard Glissant

(Self - Writer and Philosopher)

Evelyne Hiet-Guihur

(Self - Historian)

Claude Prudhomme

(Self - Historian)

Jacques Adelaïde-Merlande

(Self - Historian)

Yann Sordet

(Self)

Philippe Delisle

(Self - Historian)

Frédéric Angleviel

(Self - Historian)

Claire Laux

(Self - Historian)

Louis-José Barbançon

(Self - Historian)

Christophe Sand

(Self - Archaeologist)

Mohammed Ben Kouider

(Self)

Jean-Pierre Aïfa

(Self - Mayor)

Yves Mermoud

(Self - Historian)

Jerry Delathière

(Self - Historian)

Alain Fort

(Self - Tourist guide)

Yaël Bouffenech

(Self)