Serge July

Serge July

Born: December 27, 1942
in Paris, France
Serge July (born 27 December 1942) is a French journalist, founder of the daily Libération, and a prominent figure in French politics from the 1970s through the 1990s. In recent times, he has been active in French organizations working in support of journalists taken hostage in Syria.

In 1978, he published an article criticizing the television series Holocaust, invited Pierre Guillaume, negationist founder of the bookstore, La Vieille Taupe and supports the freedom of speech of Robert Faurisson. On July 4, 1983, he was condemned by the 17th chamber of the Paris judicial tribunal, following the complaint of the International League against Racism and Anti-Semitism (LICRA), of having published in a "Courrier readers" of July 31, 1982, an anti-Semitic letter, accused of defamation, incitement to hatred and racial violence.

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Movies for Serge July...

Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
Title: Once Upon a Time... 'Tess'
Character: Self
Released: March 16, 2007
Type: Movie
Television documentary about the making of Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess."
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L'Assassinat de Pierre Goldman
Title: L'Assassinat de Pierre Goldman
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 28, 2005
Type: Movie
This film attempts to reveal the reasons behind the death of Pierre Goldman and the identities of his murderers. Reviewing each of the unexplained elements surrounding the murder, the director questions friends and witnesses, travels to Venezuela, Guadeloupe, and Poland and uncovers certain rare archives. In so doing, he illuminates the many shadow zones of an unusual personality, symbol of a generation who thought to change to world. 30 years later, will this film disentangle the complex web of an unsolved mystery?
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Title: Un film et son époque
Character: Self
Released: May 17, 2003
Type: TV
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Journal intime des affaires en cours
Title: Journal intime des affaires en cours
Released: April 8, 1998
Type: Movie
After having written "Pendant les affaires, les affaires continuent", Denis Robert, journalist at "Liberation" for twelve years, does it again, but this time with a film made with Philippe Harel which is an extension of his book. Subject: business and the people who deal with it, bosses, big and small, judges, lawyers, politicians and fake billers.
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Title: Ambitions
Character: Self
Released: February 28, 1986
Type: TV
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Title: Champs-Elysées
Character: Self
Released: January 16, 1982
Type: TV
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Title: Apostrophes
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 1975
Type: TV
Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.