Films

FAHAVALO, MADAGASCAR 1947
FAHAVALO, MADAGASCAR 1947

 

Marie Clémence Andriamonta-Paes. Madagascar. 2018. 90’

In Madagascar, in 1947, the insurgent rebels against the colonial system are called fahavalo, "enemies" of France. The last witnesses evoke their long months of resistance in the forest, armed only with spears and talismans. The unpublished archival material, filmed in the 1940s, and the hypnotic music of Régis Gizavo, transport us to that time to discover the hidden history.