Indigènes (Days of Glory)

Indigènes (Days of Glory)
Rachid Bouchareb, 2006, France/Morocco/Belgium/Algeria,123', Arabic/French with English subs. Courtesy of 3B Productions

Bouchareb’s drama follows North African soldiers fighting for France in the Second World War. Promised equality but treated as second-class troops, they confront both the violence of war and the injustice of the colonial hierarchy. With powerful performances, Indigènes restores visibility to forgotten veterans whose sacrifices were long denied and ultimately sparked real political change.