Abstract
My article analyzes a 2006 documentary titled Quand l’Algérie était française. The documentary, which aired for the very first time on French television channel M6, and is directed by Serge de Sampigny, purports to offer a totally new (hi)story of French Algeria. I argue, however, that Quand l’Algérie était française is nothing but a nostalgia for a lost paradise; an attempt to recreate a world that never existed outside the paradigm of the documentary's narrative.
Notes
1. Consulter à ce sujet les écrits de Memmi sur la paresse légendaire du colonisé dans Portrait du colonisé et dans Racisme.