Presidents and Overseas Territories

THE DOCUMENTARY

Forced marriage or love story?

From Charles de Gaulle, who moved nuclear tests from Algeria to French Polynesia, to François Mitterrand, who promised social equality outside mainland France, to Georges Pompidou, who never set foot overseas, and Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, who considered them “the dancers of the Republic,” a look back at 60 years of stormy relations…