Camera
Pierre Clément
Born — Died
1927-10-03 — 2007-10-08
Place of birth
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
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Pierre Clément is a French director and cinematographer, born October 3, 1927 in Le Mans and died October 8, 2007 in La Rochelle. After his studies at IDHEC, Pierre Clément went to Tunis in 1957 at the same time as René Vautier to film independent Tunisia. He was integrated into the FLN cinema team and shot “Sakiet Sidi Youcef” in 1958, contributing to the birth of independent Algerian cinema. He was arrested in October of the same year by the French army on the territory of Algeria and narrowly escaped summary execution. His camera and film were seized and will never be returned to him. Sentenced to 10 years in prison for endangering the external security of the State, he was amnestied in …
Known for
10.0Directed by Pierre Clément and Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, produced by the FLN Information Service in 1958, this film is a rare document. Pierre Clément is considered one of the founders of Algerian cinema. In this film he shows images of Algerian refugee camps in Tunisia and their living conditions. A restored DVD version released in 2016, from the 35 mm original donated by Pierre Clément to the Contemporary International Documentation Library (BDIC).
Algerian Refugees
1958
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Entretien avec Pierre Clément
1998
10.0Pierre Clément, student and photographer of René Vauthier, first accompanied him to Tunisia to make a film on the country's independence in 1957. Destiny led him to Algeria and his presence in February 1958 at the Tunisian-Algerian border changed his life. . Forever. He took his camera and photographed the attacks on Sakia Sidi Youssef before committing himself body and soul to the Algerian cause. Shortly after, he directed the film “Algerian Refugees” before being arrested, tortured and imprisoned, while his third film, “The National Liberation Army in Almaki”, was not finished. Abdel Nour Zahzah, a director who commemorates Pierre Clément, the director who risked his life, the brother of the Algerian resistance, who disappeared in 2007.
Pierre Clément, Cinéma et Révolution
2023
In this film produced in 1958 by the FLN Information Service, Pierre Clément shows the damage caused by the French Army following the bombing of the Tunisian village of Sakiet Sidi Youssef on February 8, 1958. The toll varies between 72 and 75 dead and 148 injured, including a dozen primary school students and Algerian refugees grouped by a Red Cross mission.
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
1958
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Behind the camera
10.0Directed by Pierre Clément and Djamel-Eddine Chanderli, produced by the FLN Information Service in 1958, this film is a rare document. Pierre Clément is considered one of the founders of Algerian cinema. In this film he shows images of Algerian refugee camps in Tunisia and their living conditions. A restored DVD version released in 2016, from the 35 mm original donated by Pierre Clément to the Contemporary International Documentation Library (BDIC).
Algerian Refugees
1958
In this film produced in 1958 by the FLN Information Service, Pierre Clément shows the damage caused by the French Army following the bombing of the Tunisian village of Sakiet Sidi Youssef on February 8, 1958. The toll varies between 72 and 75 dead and 148 injured, including a dozen primary school students and Algerian refugees grouped by a Red Cross mission.
Sakiet Sidi Youssef
1958