Decolonisations, Salute, Ghost Stories

Watched the above content online.

Decolonisations, Du Sand Et Des Larmes

• This was watched on TV5 French Asian channel.
  
• This documentary was shown as two part series and shows French colonies and the process of decolonisations.
• This documentary is also there in Youtube but without subtitles.
  
• After seeing this documentary one will not feel good about the French.
• One may not feel to learn French language.
• Because once one learns French one will know how racists and "Colonialists" the French were and perhaps still are.
  
• French were not willing to give up their colonies so easily.
• They got defeated in Indo-China but that did not mean victory for VietCong.
• Soon America got involved and Vietnam suffered immensely.
• Also French were not willing to give up Algeria.
• Algerians paid hude price perhaps millions dead for their independence.
• Also in sub Saharan Africa, French eliminated many leaders who were not willing to work with French and installed their puppet Govts.
• Perhaps even Rwandan genocide may have been orchestrated by French we just don't know as French were the "peacekeepers" over there. Though nothing about Rwanda is shown in the documentary.
  
• But I am glad there is documentary for the same. Made by the French. Maybe the British cannot make a documentary like this.
  
• That means French are willing to confront their past and make amends perhaps we don't know (we only think they have made amends).
  
• The documentary starts from 1940's stops in the 1970's. It does not show from 1970s till 2020's.
  

Salute (2016 Movie)

• This Pakistani movie was wtched on Youtube.
  
• This movie was made on the life of Shaheed Aitezaaz Hassan who not caring for his life sacrificed himself.
• Just to save 400 plus student and staff of his school in 2014 in Hangu, KP province, Pakistan.
• He tackled the suicide bomber and lost his life in the process.
• Truly a great sacrifice.
• Worth watching this movie at leat once.
  

Ghost Stories

• This was watched on Netflix.
  
• I had seen the movie earlier but had forgotten about it.
• Recently I saw one interview of Gulshan Devaiah who is great actor by the way and he referred to Ghost stories where he played a character which had lot of prosthetics and make up and it was difficult to do.
• So I reawatched the series and realisd that there are 4 stories and I had forgotten about three stories.
• Only first one I remembered a little bit.
• But still it was worth it to watch a second time after many years.