Alice Diop
France | 2006 | 50 min
Language : French
Subtitle : English

In the wake of the 2005 riots sparked by police violence, the inhabitants of Clichy-Sous-Bois mobilise in order to assert their rights. Alice Diop skilfully weaves her camera between the dilapidated tower blocks of La Forestière to give voice to the demands of the neighbourhood’s youth, gradually revealing the fragile prospects of a population left to fend for itself.

In 2005, after the brutal deaths of two teenagers, Zyed Benna and Bouna Traoré, and the riots that followed in response to police violence, the residents of the Clichy-Sous-Bois housing estate rallied together to assert their most fundamental rights: salubrious housing, equitable schooling, job opportunities and access to public transport. To counter the relentless media coverage and the silence of the authorities, Alice Diop skilfully weaves her camera between the dilapidated tower blocks of the La Forestière housing estate, taking the time to look at "the daily humiliations and invisible violence suffered by its residents". The neighbourhood youth confide in the filmmaker, while their teachers are at a loss to help them and employment advisers battle to overcome discrimination in the system. Beneath these crumbling structures, the film gradually reveals the fragile future of a population left to fend for itself.
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Screenplay
Alice Diop
Photography
Clément Alline
Sound
Jean-Pierre SoupinGérard AchilleOlivier FoucherThomas Ermel
Editing
Barbara Caspary
Music
Jérôme Boumendil

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