• Director(s):

    NODOLWSKY (JULIAN), BARBIER (JOACHIM)

  • Producer(s):

    STEP BY STEP PRODUCTIONS

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2015

  • Language(s):

    English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

Originally, shaking hands was a mark of trust. People held out an open hand to show they were not holding a weapon. Today, everybody is doind the "fist bump".

This documentary reveals how a gesture of emancipation has become an urban ritual. How and why a banal gesture created by 17th century black slaves - which subsequently became a symbol of black ghettos, rap and US sport - end up becoming a part of Barack's Obama's inauguration ceremony at the White House?