Dvd video - "Bonaparte, an egyptian perspective"

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Napoleon's expedition to Egypt some 200 years ago is intentionally portrayed as an act of post-revolutionary humanism. But we often ignore how the Egyptians perceived and reacted to this occupation, which laid the groundwork for the future French colonial policies in Africa.

The director, Jean- Marie Boulet, offered Egyptians the opportunity to re-examine and to react to this period of Franco-Egyptian relations, and to offer a rebuttal to the story as told in our school history books.

This rigorous investigation, bolstered by interviews with Egyptian history buffs and adomed with rich iconography, dismantles for the first time the mechanisms of a legend deftly created and maintained by France.

Publisher: Réunion des musées nationaux
Duration: 52 mn
Compatible: NTSC All areas
Format screen: 16/9
Language: French / English / Arabic