Tony Gatlif is a French film director of Algerian and Romani descent who has produced and directed films about the Roma people in Europe for 35 years. His latest film "Liberté" was released in 2010 and depicts the detention and deportation of around 30,000 French Roma during World War II. While critical of recent policies dismantling illegal Roma camps in France, Gatlif insists the current situation cannot be compared to the wartime deportations. However, he warns that targeting an entire ethnic group can have uncomfortable consequences.

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LANGUAGES/MOCK
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TONY
GATLIF
CHAIN
REACTION
FEAR
OVER
ROMA
EXPULSIONS
FROM
:
EURONEWS,
14.10.2010
Tony
Gatlif
(real
name
Michel
Dahmani
born
September
10,
1948,
Algiers,
Algeria)
is
a
French
film
director
who
also
works
as
a
scriptwriter,
actor,
and
producer.
After
a
childhood
in
Algiers,
Gatlif
arrived
in
France
in
1960
following
the
Algerian
War
of
Independence.
Gatlif
struggled
for
years
to
break
into
the
film
industry,
playing
in
several
theatrical
productions
until
directing
his
first
film,
La
Tête
en
ruine,
in
1975.
He
followed
it
with
the
1979
La
Terre
au
ventre,
a
story
of
the
Algerian
War
of
Independence.
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Tony
Gatlif
is
a
man
with
a
mission.
For
35
years,
Gatlif
__________
(1)
is
half
Kabil
(Algerian),
half
Gypsy,
…………………………
(2
produce)
and
…………………………
(3
direct)
films
about
the
Roma
people
in
Eur__________
(4),
a
people
__________
(5)
he
says
…………………………
(6
often
misunderstand)
and
…………………………
(7
discriminate)
against.
His
latest
film,
“Liberté”,
…………………………
(8
release)
this
year,
is
about
the
estimated
30,000
French
Roma
or
Gypsies
__________
(9)
…………………………
(10
detain)
and
…………………………
(11
deport)
__________
(12)
World
War
II.
Although
Gatlif
is
angry
about
President
Sarkozy’s
expulsions
and
the
dismantling
of
illegal
Roma
camps,
he
insists
that
what
…………………………
(13
happen)
today
can
in
no
way
be
compared
to
the
deportations
of
the
Second
World
War.
But
he
…………………………
(14
warn)
it
is
an
uncomfortable
reminder
of
what
happens
when
a
whole
race
of
people
…………………………
(15
target).
Valerie
Zabriskie
of
euronews
caught
up
with
the
film
director
in
Lyon.
“Tony
Gatlif,
you
are
firmly
against
the
dismantling
of
Roma
camps,
__________
(16)
opinion
polls
suggest
60
percent
of
French
people
…………………………
(17
support)
this
‘dismantling’
policy.
…………………………
(18
that/surprise/you)?”
Tony
Gatlif:
“There’s
nothing
I
can
do
about
that.
The
only
thing
I
can
do,
is
to
explain
to
all
those
__________
(19)
…………………………
(20
not
understand).this
problem
about
the
travelling
people
–
that’s
the
administrative
term.
They
are
the
Roma
people,
Gypsies
who
…………………………
(21
be)
in
France
__________
(22)
a
very,
very
long
time,
__________
(23)
King
Francois
the
first,
these
Gypsies,
who
are
in
the
South
of
Fr__________
(24)
and
Sp__________
(25).
That’s
it.
And
these
people
__________
(26)
…………………………
(27
be)
here
in
Eur__________
(28)
__________
(29)
the
Middle
Ages,
they
have
contributed
to
Europe,
to
__________
(30
don’t
use
‘the’)
culture,
to
all
__________
(31)
is
Eur__________
(32).
And
now
today,
we
…………………………
(33
want/they/become)
invisible.
We
…………………………
(34
want
not/they
exist).
But
how
can
a
people
of
10
million
just
stop
existing
all
of
a
sudden?
Because
Eur__________
(35)
heads
of
state
decided
to
pass
laws
against
them
so
they
can’t
move
(travel)
anymore.
This
…………………………
(36
mean)
that
when
you
…………………………
(37
want
not/a
people/move),
you
confine
them.
This
is
what
they
…………………………
(38
do)
__________
(39)
the
war.”
SCRIPT
:
http://www.euronews.net/2010/10/14/tony-­‐gatlif-­‐chain-­‐reaction-­‐fear-­‐over-­‐roma-­‐expulsions
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