"It Is to Erase the Name of a Resistant, of a Filmmaker Whose Work Was Devoted to the Freedom of Creation": the Far Right Mayor Debaptizes the Cinema of His Commune Near Perpignan and Creates the Controversy
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The cinema of Elne, formerly "Rene Vautier", is now called "La Bobine Illibérienne". Steve Fortel, mayor of the far right, justifies this change in the political past of the filmmaker born in Camaret-sur-Mer.
Six months after his election, Steve Fortel, elected to Elne, multiplied the actions to erase the left in this former communist bastion.
The cinema of Elne, named René Vautier in tribute to the filmmaker, director, screenwriter, engaged and rewarded, will change its name. It is the decision of the new far-right mayor, Steve Fortel, who created a new...
From Paris, Saliha Fayez – The daughter of filmmaker René Vautier reacted strongly to the decision of the municipality of Elne to erase the name of her father from the municipal cinema fronton. In an open letter addressed to municipal councillors, Moira Chappedelaine-Vautier strongly denounces what she describes as a political act and ... Read more
In Elne (Pyrénées-Orientales), the new edile no longer wants the municipal hall to bear the name of René Vautier, a filmmaker who fought for Algeria's independence. A decision that ulcers the opposition and the director's family.
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