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Meduse, cheveux afro et autres mythes (20′) Johanna Makabi & Adèle Albrespy

De Londres à Paris, pour finir à Marseille, nous partons à la recherche de divers salons afin d’y filmer différents types et techniques de coiffure : tresses collées, tresses plates, tresses plaquées, tissage, défrisage, afro... Au détour de rencontres et de conversations avec des passants et coiffeurs, nous nous interrogeons sur l’importance du traitement et de l’entretien des cheveux dans les cultures africaines. A travers les récits de Romy, Cyn, Kami et Louise nous suivons leur évolution « capillaire » qui se révèle finalement plus politique qu’esthétique... Meduse, cheveux afro et Autres Mythes un film de Johanna Makabi et Adèle Albrespy.

Musique par Rena Lahuli https://soundcloud.com/renalahuli

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24H AVEC ASSA TRAORÉ 

DIRECTED BY

JOHANNA MAKABI

On Friday, 29 May 2020, French legal authorities released a final report clearing the three officers involved of wrongdoing in the death of Adama Traoré's, despite a new autopsy saying he died from asphyxiation.

On July 19, 2016, Adama Traoré died after his arrest in Beaumont-sur-Oise. Adama was brutally restrained by 3 French police (gendarmes), he did not live long after. Since that day, the family, and in particular his sister Assa Traoré, a figure on the "Justice for Adama" movement, has not stopped fighting to get the truth about the circumstances of his death and the involvement of the gendarmes, asking for their indictment - never granted.

Assa Traoré

<< The day my brother died, he went out to pick up his new ID at the city hall. He saw his other brother being stopped by the police. He ran away to go back home, as he knew they would stop him as well. They saw him and ran after him. They tackled him, putting their weights onto him, more than 300 kilos. He told them: 'I can't breathe'.

They chose not to take him to the hospital. They threw him in a cell at the police station and said that they would provide first aid. Adama died shortly after. Our family started looking for him at the hospital. Then, they went to the police station where the officers told them that he was fine.

He had already died by then. >>

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Since that day, the committee has been fighting to get second opinions, to denounce the dysfunctions of the judicial system, its inequity, and police violence. Since that day, Assa Traoré has been travelling all over France, going to schools and universities to raise awareness. Since that day, Adama’s brothers have been condemned one after the other, being sued by the state and put in jail. They fight for their liberation. And they fight with other movements most notably the Black Vests who fight for the rights of undocumented migrants, joining forces for the power of change.

Johanna Makabi is a filmmaker and programmer of african film, based in Paris.  Her work is marked by reflections on gender,  urbanity and afro-european archives.

Makabi << Last summer I spent some days with french activist Assa Traoré to film her for another project made by her collectif "Justice pour Adama". Since four years Assa is fighting for the recognition of the death of her brother Adama killed by three police officer. They choked him by the same technics use on George Floyd or Eric Garner for exemple. France has a real history of police brutalty, and while french intellectuals support afro-american movements, the french cases is still a taboo. In the 1960's during a protest hundreds of Algerian were killed and throw in the city river in Paris. Never a single police officer was charged after killing anybody in France. Worst, in Adama Traoré case the police officers were rewarded and Three of Adama Traoré brothers were arrested and put in jail for protesting. As a black woman and as a sister i was touched by Assa story. >>

http://girlsinfilm.net/videos/24h-avec-assa-traore

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Keepin it Real, 2020 by Malique Lee Moore

Producer and co-writter

Keepin’ it Real is an immersive four-channel video installation exploring multifaceted experiences of the contemporary black person, through the eyes of Malique Lee Moore, a young African-American artist at the Parsons Schools of Arts in Paris. The piece examines W.E.B Du Bois’ research on double consciousness to articulate the depictions of the characters and experiences seen throughout the installation. Largely referencing popular culture in both France and the United States, the installation mixes music, performance, and cinema to critique the singular narratives existing within mainstream black popular culture. The piece thus offers counter-narratives of blackness, queerness, and gender, utilizing eclectic references ranging from Greek mythology, vogue ballroom culture, surrealism, and satirical television.

Keepin’ it Real will be on show between Friday, May 17th and Sunday May 19th at the Mona Bismarck American Center in Paris.

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Casting with Sarah&Johanna Casting  

Siliconé, Niska, 2019 by Adrien Lagier & Ousman Ly

Production Iconoclast.tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMZnjKvgebo

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Casting with Sarah&Johanna Casting  

Siliconé, Niska, 2019 by Adrien Lagier & Ousman Ly

Production Iconoclast.tv

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMZnjKvgebo

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Keepin it Real, 2020 by Malique Lee Moore 

Producer and co-writter

Keepin’ it Real is an immersive four-channel video installation exploring multifaceted experiences of the contemporary black person, through the eyes of Malique Lee Moore, a young African-American artist at the Parsons Schools of Arts in Paris. The piece examines W.E.B Du Bois’ research on double consciousness to articulate the depictions of the characters and experiences seen throughout the installation. Largely referencing popular culture in both France and the United States, the installation mixes music, performance, and cinema to critique the singular narratives existing within mainstream black popular culture. The piece thus offers counter-narratives of blackness, queerness, and gender, utilizing eclectic references ranging from Greek mythology, vogue ballroom culture, surrealism, and satirical television.

Keepin’ it Real will be on show between Friday, May 17th and Sunday May 19th at the Mona Bismarck American Center in Paris.

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Reines for Manifesto XXI

https://manifesto-21.com/les-footballeuses-sont-des-reines-selon-johanna-makabi/

by Johanna Makabi

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Charlotte Adigery High Lights

Director Assistant 

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24H ASSA a portrait of french activist Assa Traoré for Manifesto XXI

https://manifesto-21.com/assa-traore-on-se-donne-la-force/

 by Johanna Makabi 2019

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MEDUSE : cheveux afro et autres mythes, 

MEDUSA Afro hair and other myths

2018 Adèle Albrespy & Johanna Makabi

AWARD WINNING DOCUMENTARY MEDUSE AFRO HAIR AND OTHER MYTHS by Johanna Makabi & Adèle Albrespy From London to Paris, Marseille to finish in Dakar, we start looking for various african neighborhood in order to film various types and techniques of hairdressing: braided braids, flat braids, plaited braids, weaving, straightening, afro ... Throught Meetings and conversations with people and hairdressers, we question the importance of treatment and maintenance of hair in African cultures. Through the stories of Romy, Cyn, Kami and Louise we follow the evolution of their hair which finally turns out to be more political than aesthetic ...

- Festival Libres courts, Montpellier - 2019 - Prix du public et du prix cinema show - Les couleurs du courts-métrages, Paris - 2019 - Prix du meilleur documentaire - Les Ecrans Documentaires, Arcueil - 2018 - Festival Image et Vie, Dakar, Sénégal - 2018 - Festival Cinéma au Féminin, Kinshasa, RDC - 2018 - Online African Film Festival, Europe, USA, Afrique - 2018 - Festival Baatou Africa Reflet Médicis, Paris - 2018 - Quinzaine Feministe et Baham Arts, Vidéodrome 2, Marseille - 2018 -Femmes Citoyennes, CIP20, Paris -2018 - Paname Afro Fall, La Recyclerie, Paris - 2018 - Histoires de femmes, Mairie du 13ème arrondissement, Paris - 2018 - Festival Intersection, La Parole errante, Montreuil - 2018 -Black Movies Summer, La Marbrerie, Paris -2018 - Afropunk 2019 Conférences & projection : - Ecole Normale Supérieure rue d’Ulm, Paris - mai 2018 - Science Po Paris - juin 2018 - Université de Lorraine à Nancy - UFR Sciences Humaines et Sociales - février 2019 - Afropunk 2019