The 162 minute documentary, Décolonisation, broadcast on (French-German channel) Arte this past January 7th, was hailed by critics as a “landmark series” to kick off the year. It is the creative effort of directorial duo, Karim Miské and Marc Ball, in collaboration with the historian Pierre Singaravélou. Divided into three acts, Décolonisations follows a chronological arch that spans from 1857-2013. (The first installment, entitled “Learning,” covered the period 1857-1925 in which the first figures of the decolonial struggle began to appear. The second, “Liberation,” focuses on the years 1926-1954, the wars of independence. The third, “The world is ours” (1958-2013), evokes post colonial times.) Framed by its creators as film that showcases the perspective of the colonized, Décolonisations is actually a collage of images and biographies whose meaning the uninitiated greater public is likely to find overwhelming, if they can even manage to remember the name. Though it means to situate itself within the theoretical framework of subaltern studies, the documentary nevertheless fails to make the voices of the historically marginalized heard. In fact, the filmmakers superimpose their own voices and prove incapable of avoiding the very Eurocentrism they attempted to avoid.