We are happy to invite you to Dekatur Club Private Event
Screening of the Award-Winning’s documentary:
“The steps to Liberty” directed and co-produced by Rokhaya Diallo.
You will have the opportunity to meet the filmmaker Rokhaya Diallo at Dekatur Club and to buy her last book “Afro!”.
The documentary is both in English and French.
THE STEPS TO LIBERTY
Inspired by the 1963 March on Washington, the March for Equality and Against Racism took place in France in 1983.
The documentary film"Steps to Liberty" examines those events through encounters between young Americans who traveled to France, with the French citizens they met.
Their interaction provides a look at race relations in France and raises important questions about the impact of the marches.
From the Elysée Palace to the suburbs of Paris, the movie documents 10 young Americans visiting France– seen as the historical nation of human rights — to explore the issues of race and multiculturalism through transatlantic lens.
Thione Niang, political activist and community leader, is one of the leaders featured in the documentary.
Named by Complex Magazine as one of the “10 Young Activists Who Are Changing The World” in March 2013, he launched the Give1 Project, a global organization that aims to engage young people as leaders in creating and building strong and healthy communities, of whose students were involved in the film.
The documentary reveals how American students introduced a new perspective of France as a country facing controversial issues about identity and integration.
“The purpose of the documentary was not to show which country is more racist,” Diallo said. “Both the United States and France are equally racist, but at different levels,” she added.
Rokhaya Diallo’s biography available for you to read after this Schedule’s event.
Dekatur Club is offering the vegetarians organic finger-food.
-You Have to bring Your Own Bottle: Champagne, Prosecco or White wine.
Please Do Not Bring Red Wine, Thanks .It is too risky for my Grand-Parents’ antique chairs !
Saturday February 20 ‘s Schedule:
-From 7 - 7.30 pm: Cocktail with finger-food, people arrival.
-From 7.30 - 8.30 pm : Private Film Projection “ The steps of Liberty”starting.
- From 8.30pm - 9pm: Q&A with the filmmaker Rokhaya Diallo.
-From 9-12 pm: Cocktail and Mingling.
We will be happy to see you!
Rokhaya Diallo is a French journalist, writer and award winning filmmaker, widely recognized for her work in favor of racial, gender and religious equality.
In 2007, she co-founded the INDIVISIBLES, the association that created the "'Y A BON AWARDS", an annual parody of the Academy Awards "honoring" French public figures who made the most outrageous racist remarks during the year.
She is the co-author and host of ‘’Egaux mais pas trop’’ (Equals but not too much) on LCP (French Parliamentary Television Channel) addressing questions related to diversity and current events.". She regularly contributes to RTL radio program, ‘’On refait le Monde’’(The World, do over).
Rokhaya directed and co-produced the documentary, “The Steps to Liberty”, in 2013, exploring the issues of race and multiculturalism through a transatlantic lens and examining the impact of the civil rights movements in the US and France on today's youth.
In 2014, after being the target of a call to rape on Twitter, she produced the documentary, “Networks of Hate”, dealing with hate speech and freedom of speech online.
Rokhaya is the host of two TV shows for BET in France. She is also a columnist and commentator on French TV Channels including Canal Plus, France 2 and i-télé.
In 2016 she will release her new documentary “This Ain’t Yo Mama’s Civil Rights Movement” depicting the new generation of activists who have emerged in the States and especially in Ferguson, Missouri.
Among Rokhaya’s published works are "Racism: a guide" (2011), "France Belongs to Us" (Michel Lafon, 2012) and "France: One and Multicultural" (Fayard, 2012) or” How to talk to kids about racism” (Le Baron Perché, 2013).This year, Ms. Diallo's very first graphic novel “Pari(s) d'Amies”, in collaboration with the illustrator, Kim Consigny was published by Editions Delcourt. She describes her work as a comedy, loosely in the style of "Sex and The City," about a diverse group of thirty-something friends and their daily lives in Paris. She also released « Afro! » a photo book in collaboration with photographer, Brigitte Sombié about the perspective of Afro-Parisians who have made the choice of wearing their hair au naturel.
Rokhaya also launched her global bilingual lifestyle blog RokMyWorld
http://www.rokhayadiallo.com/documentaries/
Today, Rokhaya lives between Paris and New York , she continues her social activism while being a speaker all over the world.--