In 1936, Gaston Revel entered the École Normale in Algiers, where he was supposed to learn how to "educate the native." It was also during this time that he began to take an interest in politics: he was drawn to the Popular Front, then to Spanish anarchism, and finally to communism. From 1940 to 1955, he taught in Algeria, first in rural areas, then in Bejaia. He returned to Europe because of the war and landed in Provence in September 1914, following the Allied advance. It was in Bejaia, in 1945, that he became fully committed to the Algerian Communist Party: in 1953, he ran for municipal office in the second electoral district (reserved for Algerians) and sat alongside the Muslims. In 1955, at the beginning of the war, he was forced to leave Algeria against his will. But, like thousands of other "red feet," he returned there in 1962 and resumed his teaching career. From all those years, he left a complete and deeply committed record, many letters, notebooks, and newspaper articles.
Gaston Revel
Self (archive footage)
Ahmed Ben Bella
Self (archive footage)
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Gaston Revel, un instituteur en Algérie
February 28, 2021
1h 32m
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Pierre Mathiote
Pierre Mathiote, Alexis Sempé
Alain Ruscio
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Hervé Alleg
Self (archive footage)
Maurice Lurot
Self (archive footage)
Jacques Cantier
Self
Alexis Sempé
Self
Sylvie Thénault
Self
Pierre Mathiote
Narrator
Eric Mie
Voice of Gaston Revel
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