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Director(s):
PLAUT (Virginie), KHEMANE (Youcef)
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Producer(s):
IZZY B. PRODUCTIONS, ARTE FRANCE
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2023
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Language(s):
German, English, French
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
Guillaume just became the first Black star dancer in the history of the Paris Opera, and France. Sulivan, a double bass player from Martinique, is the first and only Black woman to have been selected to join the prestigious Opera Academy. Each in their own way, they are determined to fully embrace their black identity and denounce the discrimination and archaisms of the institution.
Guillaume now wants to own his role model status while proving that he is not the company's diversity alibi. In 10 months, Sulivan will have to leave the academy. In the meantime, she has to find her place in a very conservative environment, where people assume she's a jazz musician and where she got used to arriving early so as not to be blamed for the supposed indolence of West Indians. Her goal: to prove that she is talented enough to join the Paris Opera orchestra. Two young artists, symbols of a change of era, during this very special opera season for them, each with their own share of uncertainties and questions, fears, disappointments and joys, failures and successes.