Tag: Culture
Aude Picault, chaos is life
Through the daily life of Amalia, Aude Picault humorously recounts the pressures and the mental load that her heroine has to face every day. A comic strip that challenges at…
Rapper Tracy de Sá, a powerful woman
For SessionLab, Hortense Volle met Indian rapper based in France, Tracy de Sá. Portrait of a powerful woman, with a rap as militant as it is dancing, with a precise…
Serge Bilé: Johnny Hallyday and the yéyé wave in the 1960s in Africa
1960: the yéyé wave breaks over Dakar, Abidjan, Bamako, Brazzaville. Like in France. Johnny is also the ” teen idol “, he embodies freedom and certain songs (“ black is…
Audrey Najar, such an ordinary neighbor
Audrey Najar’s first novel tells of a neighborhood investigation into an “ordinary” man, in an ordinary place, who is about to commit irreparable harm. It is a classic of the…
Theater: “The response of men” by Tiphaine Raffier
What is mercy? The dictionary tells us that it is compassion for the misery of others. Tiphaine Raffier, playwright and director, interweaves in her play “The response of men” nine…
In Reunion, maloya, from sugar cane plantations to international stages
Grand reportage is in music today to the rhythm of maloya. Sounds from slaves, even in the sugar cane plantations of Reunion. Politicized music, it was banned in the 60s,…
Literature: “Alix’s Diary” by Iegor Gran, anthropophagous and feminist novel
“When the man is eaten raw, he is soft to the bite, his flesh is delicate, and I never know which wine to choose.” Thus begins the astonishing monologue that…
Edouard Baer, such old friends…
Edouard Baer goes behind the camera and returns with “Adieu Paris”, a new film which brings together a 4-star cast in a Parisian bistro. A feature film, funny, unpredictable and…
In Paris, the booksellers on the banks of the Seine are struggling
It is the largest open-air bookstore in the world, according to the Paris City Hall, and one of the emblems of the French capital. But the booksellers on the banks…
Theater: “Tartuffe” by Molière at the Comédie-Française in a new version
Molière was born 400 years ago and tributes are legion this year to celebrate the birthday of the illustrious author of Bourgeois Gentilhomme, L’École des femmes, Les Fourberies de Scapin…