"C'était notre Algérie", COLETTE GRATTIER DUCOS-ADER

Algeria was her country, for four generations! Colette grew up in the Blida plain, and at just 20 years old, married a Pied-Noir farmer. Attacks, kidnappings, the Santerres lived barricaded in their farm with their Algerian workers, until the day Colette decided to shelter her children in France. She will never see her husband again... 20 YEARS IN 1962 Writer: Margaux Chouraqui Editing: Matthieu Van Haecke Music: Alastair Lane Archives: Atelier des archives Photo credit: Colette Grattier Ducos Ader 00:34: Childhood 00:58: The beginning of the rebellion 02:22: A marriage under protection 04:17: The escalation 06:45: The departure 08:23: The kidnapping 10:36: Neither dead nor alive #LesTempsQuiCourent #20yearsin #ltqc #piednoir #warofalgeria #disappearance #kidnapping #trauma #betrayal #abandonment #separatedfamilies #violence #appropriationofproperty #fln #france #algeria #1962 #devianaccords #burningfromthepast ©2022 Les Temps qui Courent Productions