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- When it comes to events in France's recent history to look back on, Oussekine's death could hardly be more pertinent. "It had an immediate impact on French society. It caused the cancellation of planned government reforms of universities, known as the Devaquet law," says Fabien Lemercier, the French correspondent for film website Cineuropa.
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Oussekine's name has continued to reverberate among minorities and his tragic story inspired Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 crime drama "La Haine". But Oussekine's story had never been the subject of a full length dramatisation until now. Two versions are being released this month: a film "Nos Frangins" (Our Brothers), premieres at the Cannes Film Festiv...
"He was attacked because of the colour of his skin. He is France's Arab George Floyd," historian Pascal Blanchard told AFP, referring to the African-American whose death at the hands of police in 2020sparked massive international protests. He said much of French society had allowed Oussekine's story to be brushed under the carpet as with so much of...
France is still wrestling with the trauma of its colonial period, particularly the bloody war of independence in Algeria from 1954 to 1962. Among its darkest moments was the massacre of up to 200 Algerian protesters by police in Paris on October 17, 1961 – many of them shot dead and their bodies thrown into the Seine. The events of that day went of...
Director Chevrollier, who grew up in a small village in the Loire Valley, says he only became fully aware of the power of Oussekine's name when he moved to Paris and began to hang out with people from different backgrounds. He first heard the name in the rap song "L'Etat Assasin"by the band Assassin. "I hope the series will help ease the tensions t...
Malik Oussekine died on the night of December 6 in the Latin Quarter, after a severe beating by police officers who were not sparing with baton blows. For anyone who was a student at the time, it sounded like a turning point…
May 6, 2022 · Oussekine, a hard-hitting new French drama on Disney Plus, follows the aftermath of the murder of the 22-year-old from both the perspective of his grieving family and the police who attempt to...
Feb 18, 2021 · Oussekine’s tragic story inspired the classic 1995 French film ‘La Haine’, that starred Saïd Taghmaoui, Hubert Koundé and Vincent Cassel. His death is referred to in the film’s opening scene, and French rap group Assassin paid tribute to the young man for the film’s soundtrack.
The night of 6 December 1986, Oussekine was chased by police and beaten to death after being suspected of participating in a student protest in Paris. [2] Oussekine's death was witnessed by Paul Bayzelon, a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance: "I was returning home.
Aug 5, 2021 · Oussekine, an ambitious four-part Star Original mini-series, examines the terrible true events of December 5, 1986, that led to the death of a young student, Malik Oussekine. Centred on his family’s fight for justice, the series will explore the enormous impact this high-profile case had on French society.
