"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...
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.
In the Pyrénées-Orientales, Elne's cinema, named René Vautier in tribute to the communist and anti-colonial filmmaker, will change its name. In the name of so-called political neutrality, the new far-right mayor turns his back on history and spits on the memory of the resistors.
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