Laplateforme.be

Logo of website Laplateforme.be
Films and Documentaries from the Belgian French Community

Laplateforme.be is an online platform that promotes and distributes audiovisual works produced in the French Community of Belgium, across all genres and formats.

The entire catalog – more than 1,000 Belgian films produced since 1952 – is freely accessible to teachers from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (see also resource e-classe.be).

Several films and documentaries address the Belgian colonial episode in Burundi, DR Congo and Rwanda. Others delve into the former colonies' contemporary history, with echoes from the colonial past. Will you screen one of the movies or documentaries on offer in your class?

Place & period
Precolonial (…-1885)
Congo Free State (1885-1908)
Belgian Congo (1908-1960)
Ruanda-Urundi (1919-1962)
DR Congo (1960-...)
Rwanda (1962-…)
Burundi (1962-…)
Theme
Governance
Decolonization
Diaspora
Economy
Heritage and memory
Gender
Violence
Independance
Education
Propaganda
Racism
Religion
Resistance
Type
Video
Documentary
Movie
Database
Testimony
Language
French
Target audience
1st stage secondary
2nd stage secondary
3rd stage secondary
Duration
N/A