Roger had a loving family and a rich inner life. He was also a rocker at times. See you tomorrow at Les Montreurs to pay homage to him.
Tomorrow Thursday, June 30 at 6 p.m., in tribute to Roger Petit, a famous anarchist militant from Agenais who died last April at the age of 95, the documentary dedicated to him by Guillaume Metz will be broadcast at Les Montreurs d’images in Agen, followed by a time for discussion and a concert at the cinema bar by Les Amis de la prairie.
Broken-stick talks
We owe him the libertarian rock festival held for 40 years at the prairie of the canal bridge, a free-thinking without any judgment, an innate sense of otherness, a benevolent and intergenerational listening at home in his small apartment. This documentary was made at the cost of talks, testimonies and interviews between 2012 and 2014. These recordings gave birth to three documentaries directed by Guillaume Metz and dedicated to the work and reflection of the anarchist and humanist from Age. It is nicely titled: “Second part, Roger’s party” because Roger Petit was able to unite different musical currents, punk groups in the lead, and a whole armada of goodwill among young people who took up his torch when the weight years has made itself felt. This documentary is a way to bring Roger to life once once more, to hear his voice, his patter, his strength of gentle conviction which did not want to impose anything at the same time. The screening will be followed by a friendly moment with dishes from short circuits to snack on.
Since 2012, this Agen figure had been working with Guillaume Metz on the construction of a documentary film retracing his life, and according to the young director, it was not easy, he confided in our columns in July 2017. “I don’t I didn’t expect it to be so long, Roger has a lot to tell, we had to condense everything. If we had let him, we would have had 20 hours of film!”.
The work has been divided into three parts, the first retraces Roger’s biography, a second part projected tomorrow evening talks regarding his rock festival and the third comes down to dialogues with many people he met during his life”.
The poster for the documentary is somehow endearing. We recognize Roger from behind by his precocious white hair and his easily identifiable haircut. It flies the black “anar” flag as a standard bearer.