Reminder of the racist violence in August and September 1973 related to the murder of Emile Gerlache traminot by an Algerian, Salah Bougrine. Seven migrant workers were murdered during this period, including a 16-year-old Ladj Lounès. Immigrant workers went on strike on 3 and 4 September 1973 in Marseille and Toulon. The racist incidents resulted in the suspension of Algerian emigration on 19 September 1973 by Algerian President Houari Boumedienne.
Témoignage de Mohamed Messaoudi, victime d'une ratonnade. Il raconte comment il a été agressé un soir en bas de chez ses parents, à Bondy, en Seine saint Denis, par des jeunes criant "A mort les Arabes".
Le réalisateur Yves Boisset parle de son film "Dupont Lajoie" qui met en scène un racisme ordinaire. Il explique que l'acteur algérien, dont le personnage est tué dans la fiction, a lui-même été victime de violences racistes dans le monde réel.
In Revin, in the Ardennes, a raccoon against young Beurs was organized in the district of Orzy. One of the victims is testifying. Residents interviewed confirm that unemployment and idleness go hand in hand with racism in this abandoned working-class neighbourhood.
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the demonstration of October 17, 1961 in Paris, testimony of an Algerian mason rescued after being thrown into the Seine with four other companions. Then interview with the deputy Eugène Claudius Petit, who denounced before the Chamber of Deputies on October 30, 1961, "the hideous beast of racism". He also criticized the racist policy of curfew put in place at the time by the prefect Maurice Papon and compared it to the policy of the Occupation. Archival photographs and images of the graves of Algerians victims of police repression punctuate the remarks.