“Documentary Film Review: Ouvéa, the Tragedy that Marked the Beginning of Emancipation”

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On April 22, 1988, the hostage-taking at the Ouvéa cave in New Caledonia made headlines in mainland France. France realizes that 17,000 kilometers from Paris Kanaks are fighting for their independence. A political fight which took on a violent dimension at the beginning of the 1980s and of which the tragedy of Ouvéa – 25 dead – would represent the paroxysm. To understand this drama, which will have a considerable impact and will mark the beginning of an unprecedented process of emancipation in… See more