Synopsis
The life of Eugène Bullard, Afro-american aviator, jazzman, boxer, activist and francophile, is a fight for freedom never-ending story. He left the United-States in 1912 to escape racisme and became a boxer in Paris. He decided to enrol in the French army to fight side by side with the ones he considered as his new brothers. After being injured two times in the trenches - in heroic acts, which got him to receive the highest medal of honour - he was forbidden to fight in the infantry. He couldn’t fight on his feet anymore so he decided to fly; This is the true story of how Eugène Bullard became the first black fighter pilot in History.
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Actors (7)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Greenlight Films
Full credits (17)
- Executive Producer : Léa Morel
- Screenwriters : Paul Mignot, Armel Gourvennec
- Director of Photography : Éric Dumont
- Music Composer : Polérik Rouvière
- Assistant Director : Armel Gourvennec
- Editor : Tao Delport
- Sound Recordist : Vincent Reignier
- Executive Producer : Léa Morel
- Voice-over : Davis Mose
- Assistant Operator : Just-Aurèle Meissonnier
- Camera Operator : Éric Dumont
- Production manager : Siham Gouy Menaa
- Sound Editor : Tao Delport
- Production Designer : Jeanne Ader
- Special Effects : Jean-François Lemaire
- Make-up Artist : Adélaïde Baylac-Domengetroy
- Sound Mixer : Polérik Rouvière
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Historical, Adventure, Drama
- Themes : Exile, Exodus, Racial discrimination, Freedom
- Production language : French, English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2019
- Runtime : 11 min 4 seconds
- Production formats : Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 2.39
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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