France's Dirty War in Cameroon: The Frank Garbely Documentary Now Online

Source: www.dibussi.com

Swiss filmmaker Frank Garbely's fascinating documentary on the Moumie assassination titled "L'assassinat de Félix Moumié. L'Afrique sous contrôle" ("The Assassination of Félix Moumié: Africa under Control") is now available online. (Click the Play button below to watch the entire documentary in French).

The documentary is based on the original Swiss police report of the assassination obtained from Swiss archives. It includes narratives by Marthe Moumie, Moumie’s widow; Pierre Messmer former French Prime Minister and High Commissioner to Cameroon; Jacques Vergès, the Moumie family lawyer; Colonel Maurice Robert (former head of special services at the SDECE);  and MauriceDelauney, former colonial administrator of the Bafoussam region and mayor of the city of Cannes until 2001.

The documentary also exposes the brutal repression of the UPC rebellion by French forces in the 1950s and 1960s - the beheadings, the mass killings, the concentration camps, etc. - an appropriate conclusion to my six-part series on France's dirty decolonization war in Cameroon which will soon be available in PDF format.

L'assassinat de Félix Moumié. L'Afrique sous contrôle. Directed and written by Frank Garbely. Produced by Triluna Film AG& Télévision Suisse Romande. Original Version. French, colour, Digital Beta, 53 min. World Premiere - April 2005.