Colonialismo como laboratório

This article aims to understand how French colonialism used torture practices in Algeria as political control through the analysis of the film The Battle of Algiers directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. In this way, we will establish connections between the repression of the struggle for independence, supported by the ideology of the “counterrevolutionary war” and the links with the crimes against humanity committed by the dictatorships in Latin America. Finally, we will analyze how the torture experiences in Algeria reflected in Brazil through the training of the “Schools of French repression”.