Leïla Sy
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(1977-06-30) June 30, 1977 (age 48)
Leïla Sy | |
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| Born | Leïla Dixmier (1977-06-30) June 30, 1977 (age 48) |
| Occupations | |
| Known for | French director and activist |
| Notable work | Street Flow (2019) |
Leïla Sy (born Leïla Dixmier; 30 June 1977), is a French director and activist. She is known for her work with rapper Kery James, including co-directing the film Street Flow.
Leïla Sy was born Leïla Dixmier[1][2] on June 30, 1977[3] to a French mother and Senegalese father.[4][3]
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.[5][6]
In 2005, she founded, along with Joeystarr whom she is in a relationship with,[7] the organization Devoirs de mémoires. Sy serves as the organization's 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 2016, she has created music videos for rapper Kerry James such as "Musique nègre" ("Black Music"), 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
- 2019 : Je t'aim3, épisode Entre chien et Lou (court métrage)[13] with Vald (rapper)
- 2019 : Street Flow, with Kery James
- 2023 : Yo Mama, with Amadou Mariko
- 2023 : Street Flow 2, with Kery James
Documentary
- 2011 : Rîmes et Châtiments
Music videos
List is not exhaustive
- 2009 : Je représente by Kery James
- 2009 : Le Retour du rap français by Kery James
- 2012 : Heart Stop by Wax Tailor, co-directed by Mathieu Foucher
- 2012 : Lettre à la République by Kery James, directed by Mathieu Foucher
- 2012 : Dernier MC by Kery James
- 2013 : Constat amer by Kery James
- 2013 : À l'horizon by Kery James ft. Corneille
- 2013 : Mystère féminin by Kery James ft. Imany
- 2013 : Contre nous by Kery James ft. Youssoupha & Médine, directed by Kub&Cristo
- 2013 : Post Scriptum by Kery James
- 2014 : Paris by Tunisiano
- 2014 : Bolchoï by Soviet Suprem
- 2016 : Vivre ou mourir ensemble by Kery James
- 2016 : N'importe quoi by Kery James
- 2016 : Racailles by Kery James
- 2016 : Musique nègre by Kery James ft. Lino & Youssoupha
- 2016 : J'suis pas un héros by Kery James
- 2016 : Game of Bells by LEJ
- 2016 : Le Prix by Rockin' Squat
- 2018 : PDM by Kery James
- 2018 : J'rap encore by Kery James
- 2018 : Amal by Kery James
- 2018 : Sur le drapeau by 93 Empire (Suprême NTM x Sofiane)
- 2018 : À la Ideal J by Kery James
- 2018 : Le jour où j'arrêterai le rap by Kery James
- 2018 : Woah by 93 Empire (Sofiane, Vald, Soolking, Sadek, Mac Tyer, Heuss l'Enfoiré, Kalash Criminel)
- 2018 : Rêves de gamin by Nassi
- 2019 : Khapta by Heuss l'Enfoiré ft. Sofiane
- 2019 : À qui la faute by Kery James ft. Orelsan
- 2019 : Les Yeux mouillés by Kery James ft. Youssoupha
- 2019 : Le Mélancolique by Kery James (réalisé avec Julien Faustino)
- 2020 : Calumet by Hornet La Frappe[14]
- 2020 : Blues by Kery James ft. Féfé
- 2020 : Lundi méchant by Gaël Faye
- 2020 : Outro by Lyna Mahyem
- 2020 : Control by Bilal Hassani
- 2021 : Le Goût de vivre by Kery James
- 2021 : Boomer by Gaël Faye
Awareness campaign
- 2016 : The Sound of Silence for the Centre Primo Levi[15]
References
- ↑ "Leïla Dixmier". data.bnf.fr..
- ↑ Lea Ouzan (June 17, 2018). "JoeyStarr : qui est Leïla Dixmier, la mère de ses deux premiers garçons ?". Voici..
- 1 2 "Interview- Leïla Sy : Portrait musical de la réalisatrice, pilier du mouvement hip-hop". L'Afro - news, enquêtes, reportages. 2015-12-26. Retrieved 2019-04-11..
- ↑ 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..
- 1 2 "Leïla Sy, la clippeuse de Kery James". Africultures. November 16, 2016..
- 1 2 Samba Doucouré (November 29, 2016). "Leïla Sy : « Kery James et moi-même sommes arrivés au top de notre collaboration »". Saphirnews..
- ↑ Ouafa (October 28, 2019). "Leila Sy, polyvalence artistique". abdrduson..
- ↑ Trésor Kibangula (May 10, 2017). "Mémoire de l'esclavage : que restera-t-il du quinquennat de François Hollande ?". Jeune Afrique..
- ↑ Marie Poussel (July 10, 2019). "Netflix : Kery James dévoile les premières images de son film dans un clip avec Orelsan". Le Parisien. Retrieved October 13, 2019..
- ↑ Clio Weickert (October 10, 2019). "« Banlieusards » sur Netflix : Kery James et Leïla Sy signent un film politique sur la banlieue". 20 Minutes. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ↑ François Rieux (September 27, 2019). "Banlieusards : première bande-annonce sous tension pour le film de Leïla Sy et Kery James". Première. Retrieved October 13, 2019..
- ↑ "Kery James dévoile la date de sortie de "Banlieusards" sur Netflix". HuffPost. July 10, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019..
- ↑ "Vald confirme son talent d'acteur dans le dernier épisode de Je t'aim3". Mouv'. February 26, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- ↑ "Hornet La Frappe - Calumet (Clip officiel)". YouTube (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ↑ "PRIMO LEVI CENTER – THE SOUND OF SILENCE". Packshotmag.
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