Antoine lost his hand during a gilets jaunes (yellow vest) protest in Bordeaux. On the same day Patrice lost the sight in his right eye in Paris. They share their stories as the French police come under scrutiny for using explosive weapons against protesters Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Who are the gilets jaunes?
An extract from a film we are making, about victims of police violence in France, has made it onto the front page of the Guardian.
I also captured the moment where a policeman is about to shoot Yellow Vest protesters with a rubber bullet gun, only to realise one of them is his friend. The video got viewed nearly one million times on twitter.
You can view the clip here.
Bellow is a selection of short films that I shot in Paris amongst the Yellow Vest revolt.
In Paris: clashes, looting and burning happened for a fourth consecutive weekend. Anger at the republics president Emmanuel Macron has bought onto the streets a diverse range of people. A revolt continues to sweep across France as many people believe the economic interests of the government do not represent the majority of the people. A huge police operation was put into place to deal with dissent in Paris. Thousands still managed to protest as the police attacked the mostly peaceful demonstrations.
Students come out in force for a demonstration against the French president Macron in Paris. This came a day after Macron offered reforms to the nation in an attempt to quell the 'Yellow Jacket' uprising which has crippled the country. Many are angered at the high costs of living.
The demonstration was once again met with huge police repression.
Act 5 of the Yellow Vest movement saw a fifth weekend of protests, blockades and riots all over France. In Paris demonstrators were mostly peaceful. They were however met with a huge amount of police repression. We spoke to some Yellow Vests on the streets of Paris.
