Raoul Peck
France, United States | 2021 | 236 min
Swiss Premiere
Language : English
Subtitles : French
The relentless dramatic structure of this landmark four-part film-essay deploys archival footage, fictional sequences starring Josh Hartnett (Pearl Habor) and narration by Raoul Peck, to sketch out an atlas of the movement that led Europeans to subjugate the rest of the world. From the Crusades to the wars of the 21st century, a single ideological matrix: white supremacism.
The nearly 700 years of European conquests aimed at violently extending the borders and influence of the “Old World” are well documented. We know this story. But have we truly read it? Exterminate All the Brutes takes its title from the eponymous book by Swedish author Sven Lindqvist (who passed away in 2019), referencing Joseph Conrad’s novel Heart of Darkness, which Coppola adapted into Apocalypse Now. This allusion crystallizes the approach adopted by Haitian filmmaker Raoul Peck in constructing this hybrid documentary fresco in four parts, tracing the origins of white supremacy, which led to the enslavement or extermination of entire peoples. The film draws on scientific studies, archival footage, film excerpts—primarily Hollywood productions—and animated or fictional sequences, all of which address the realities systematically ignored by Eurocentric narratives. True to his method, Peck deconstructs these, connecting them through their relentless continuity. As the stunned Western viewer watches, confronted with the painful silences of official history. Emmanuel Chicon
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Moloch Tropical, 2009
L’École du pouvoir, 2008
L’Affaire Villemin, 2006
Sometimes in April, 2005
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Lumumba, 2000
Chère Catherine, 1997
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Haïti, le silence des chiens, 1994
Desounen: Dialogue with Death, 1994
The Man by the Shore, 1993
Lumumba: La Mort du prophète, 1991
Haitian Corner, 1988
Merry Christmas Deutschland, 1985
Leugt, 1982
Silver Dollar Road, 2023
Exterminate All the Brutes, 2021
Young Karl Marx, 2017
I Am Not Your Negro, 2016
Murder in Pacot, 2014
Assistance mortelle, 2013
Moloch Tropical, 2009
L’École du pouvoir, 2008
L’Affaire Villemin, 2006
Sometimes in April, 2005
Le Profit et rien d'autre !, 2001
Lumumba, 2000
Chère Catherine, 1997
It’s Not About Love, 1997
Haïti, le silence des chiens, 1994
Desounen: Dialogue with Death, 1994
The Man by the Shore, 1993
Lumumba: La Mort du prophète, 1991
Haitian Corner, 1988
Merry Christmas Deutschland, 1985
Leugt, 1982
Screenings and tickets
Friday 11 April 2025 14:30
Capitole Leone, Nyon
Photography
Stéphane Fontaine
Editing
Alexandra Strauss
Sound
David GillainChristophe Penchenat
Production
Daniel Delume