Leïla Sy Explained

Leïla Sy
Birth Name:Leïla Dixmier
Birth Date:30 June 1977
Known For:French director and activist
Notable Works:Street Flow (2019)

Leïla Sy (born Leïla Dixmier; 30 June 1977), is a French director réalisatrice and activist. She is known for her work with rapper Kery James, including co-directing the film Street Flow.

Biography

Leïla Sy was born Leïla Dixmier[1],[2] on June 30, 1977[3] to a French mother and Senegalese father.[4]

After attending the arts school Penninghen,[5] [6] she began her career in French hip hop in the press: first working at Track List, she later became the artistic director of the French version of The Source.

In 2005, she founded with Joeystarr, with whom she was in a relationship,[7] the organization Devoirs de mémoires, with Sy as the president. In 2017, Sy was named a member of the public interest group creating the Fondation pour la mémoire de l'esclavage (Foundation for the memory of slavery).[8]

Since 2009, has created clips for rapper Kerry James, for whom she is the artistic director.[9] They created their first feature film in 2019, Street Flow, with a script written by the rapper and directed by James and Sy. The film was released on Netflix in October, 2019.[10] [11] [12]

Filmography

Fiction

Documentaire

Clips

List is non-exhaustive

Awareness campaign

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leïla Dixmier . data.bnf.fr. .
  2. Web site: Lea Ouzan . June 17, 2018 . JoeyStarr : qui est Leïla Dixmier, la mère de ses deux premiers garçons ? . Voici. .
  3. Web site: 2015-12-26 . Interview- Leïla Sy : Portrait musical de la réalisatrice, pilier du mouvement hip-hop . 2019-04-11 . L'Afro - news, enquêtes, reportages. .
  4. Web site: Mamoudou Lamine Kane . September 2, 2016 . Leïla Sy, réalisatrice : "La société française est en souffrance extrême, et elle récolte malheureusement les fruits de ce qu'elle a semé depuis 40 ans" . Mozaikrim. .
  5. Web site: November 16, 2016 . Leïla Sy, la clippeuse de Kery James . Africultures. .
  6. Web site: Samba Doucouré . November 29, 2016 . Leïla Sy : « Kery James et moi-même sommes arrivés au top de notre collaboration » . Saphirnews. .
  7. Web site: Ouafa . October 28, 2019 . Leila Sy, polyvalence artistique . abdrduson. .
  8. Web site: Trésor Kibangula . May 10, 2017 . Mémoire de l'esclavage : que restera-t-il du quinquennat de François Hollande ? . Jeune Afrique. .
  9. Web site: Marie Poussel . July 10, 2019 . Netflix : Kery James dévoile les premières images de son film dans un clip avec Orelsan . October 13, 2019 . Le Parisien. .
  10. Web site: Clio Weickert . October 10, 2019 . « Banlieusards » sur Netflix : Kery James et Leïla Sy signent un film politique sur la banlieue . October 13, 2019 . 20 Minutes.
  11. Web site: François Rieux . September 27, 2019 . Banlieusards : première bande-annonce sous tension pour le film de Leïla Sy et Kery James . October 13, 2019 . Première. .
  12. Web site: July 10, 2019 . Kery James dévoile la date de sortie de "Banlieusards" sur Netflix . October 13, 2019 . HuffPost. .
  13. Web site: February 26, 2019 . Vald confirme son talent d'acteur dans le dernier épisode de Je t'aim3 . October 13, 2019 . Mouv'.
  14. Web site: Hornet La Frappe - Calumet (Clip officiel) . . 2020-02-06 . fr-FR.
  15. Web site: PRIMO LEVI CENTER – THE SOUND OF SILENCE. Packshotmag.

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