Ginette Lavigne

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  Republica a people’s paper

  A documentary directed by Ginette Lavigne.

  Por­tu­gal 1975. The Rev­o­lu­tion had made peo­ple dream for one year already. In the name of the pop­u­lar power, the fac­to­ries, the lands and the houses were occu­pied. May 1975, a social­ist daily: the Repub­lica was occu­pied by the work­ers’ com­mi­tee. This event was the turn­ing point of the Portuguese […]

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  The night, the dictatorship fell: Lisbon, April 1974

  A documentary directed by Ginette Lavigne.

  Por­tu­gal, April 1974 a mil­i­tary coup organ­ised by young offi­cers gath­ered in an under­ground organ­i­sa­tion — the Move­ment of Armed Forces– (MAF) over­threw the gov­ern­ment of Marcelo Cae­tano, who had suc­ceeded Salazar. How could this coup, car­ried out by some young offi­cers, have opened the way to such a powerful […]

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