A look back at the story of Aristides de Souza Mendes, the Portuguese diplomat and consul in Bordeaux who saved thousands of people from deportation in June 1940 by offering visas to leave France.
The story of Schindler’s List is known, the story told in this documentary is unknown and yet…
In June 1940 in Bordeaux, the extraordinary measure of Aristides de Souza Mendez made it possible to save tens of thousands of people, both Jews and non-Jews, by issuing them visas to enter Portugal.
Aristides’ legacy It explores the transmission of this humanitarian act, 80 years after the events, by giving voice to the children and grandchildren of the refugees rescued by the Portuguese consul, as well as to the grandchildren of Aristides.
An extraordinary story is revealed in this film shot in Bordeaux and Portugal, but also in the United States and Jerusalem, which bears witness to a multiple, timeless and unique heritage through an act of heroic courage.
This film will be followed by the broadcast of the documentary Déconnectés-ées
The computerization of our society is the great progress of the twenty-first century that brings undeniable benefits: exchanges and actions of all kinds, utilities, speed of information and, of course, enormous openness to knowledge and the world around us …
However, there are 11 million French people who are not comfortable with the digital world or do not know how to use a computer. They are young, old or middle-aged, urban or rural…
As a result, this creates a very real dichotomy, as heavy as that which separates the educated from the illiterate. It’s called electronic. Because the Internet can become a window to the world for some or a door to man that closes for others…
In Lot-et-Garonne, in the middle of the white zone, this technological paradox takes shape.
Writing and directing : Fanny Fontaine and Romain Fiorucci / joint production : 13 Production – France Televisions / Duration : 52 minutes
