Against Forgetting
Contre l’oublie
1991 / France / French / Color / 90 min / Video
Production: Amnesty International France
Thirty cinematic letters of conscience and protest from thirty filmmakers to the world political leaders responsible for human rights oppressions all over the world. Each of thirty individual cases in thirty different countries are accused in each short work of 3 minutes. Produced under the initiative of Amnesty France on the occasion of their thirtieth anniversary and as part of their appeal to write letters against human rights oppressions, leading filmmakers from France and the world, ranging from documentary and independent productions to commercial hit makers, participated.
| Directors (in alphabetical order) | Narrators |
|---|---|
| Chantal Akerman | Catherine Deneuve |
| René Allio | Bernard Stasi |
| Denis Amar | Abbe Pierre |
| Jean Becker | Philippe Noiret |
| Jane Birkin | Jane Birkin |
| Jean-Michel Carré | Haroun Tazieff |
| Patrice Cherau | Charlotte Gainsbourg |
| Alan Corneau | Edgar Morin |
| Costa-Gavras | Robert Badinter |
| Dominique Dante | Alexandre Minkowski |
| Claire Denis | Alain Souchon |
| Raymond Depardon | Sami Frey |
| Jacques Deray | Bruno Masure |
| Michel Deville | Emmanuelle Beart |
| Jacques Doillon | Gerald Thomassin |
| Martine Franck | Henri Cartier-Bresson |
| Gerard Frot Coutaz | Paul Amar |
| Francis Girod | Isabelle Huppert |
| Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Mieville | André Rousselet |
| Romain Goupil | Claude Cheysson |
| Jean-Loup Hubert | Carole Bouquet |
| Robert Kramer | Hubert Reeves |
| Patrice Leconte | Guy Bedos |
| Sarah Moon | Youssou Ndour |
| Philippe Muyl | Anny Duperey |
| Michel Piccoli | Michel Piccoli |
| Alain Resnais | François Jacob |
| Coline Serreau | Jacques Higelin |
| Bertrand Tavernier | Anouk Grinberg |
| Nadine Trintignant | Marie Trintignant |
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• Robert Kramer Retrospective | FALN | In the Country | The Edge | Ice | People’s War | Milestones | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal | Guns | A Great Day in France / Birth | As Fast as You Can | Fear | Doc’s Kingdom | Route One / USA | Dear Doc | Berlin 10/90 | Video Letters: Robert Kramer and Stephen Dwoskin | Leeward | Point de départ / Starting Place | Walk the Walk | The Coat | Ghosts of Electricity | SayKomSa | Cities of the Plain | Against Forgetting |