David Dufresne
David Dufresne, born on April 2nd, 1968 in Meudon, is a French writer, journalist, and filmmaker. From the early 1990s, he was a reporter for Libération for ten years. In 2008, he participated in the creation of the news website Mediapart. In the late 2000s, Dufresne moved away from journalism to devote himself to long-form narratives. He has since published two novels Dernière sommation (Grasset, 2019), and 19h59 (Grasset, 2022), and close to a dozen investigative works. In 2019, he received the Grand Prize of Journalism at the Assises Internationales du Journalisme for his project on police violence, a work that has been recognized by the UN, the Council of Europe, and the European Parliament. Continuing this reflection, his first theatrical feature documentary, The Monopoly of Violence (2020), received the support of the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes and won the Lumière Prize for Best Documentary.
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The Monopoly of Violence
As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities in France, many citizen-led protests are being repressed with ever-increasing violence. In _The Monopoly of Violence_, David Dufresne gathers a panel of citizens to question, exchange and confront their views on the social order and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State.
The Monopoly of Violence
As anger and resentment grow in the face of social inequalities in France, many citizen-led protests are being repressed with ever-increasing violence. In _The Monopoly of Violence_, David Dufresne gathers a panel of citizens to question, exchange and confront their views on the social order and the legitimacy of the use of force by the State.
