Netflix, Black Lights

The only time I've been teached about french black figures during my scholarship, was in middle school. My litterature teacher read us "Poem to my white brother" of Senghor. After that, nothing. In history books french black figures are in the shadow.. Netflix wanted to continue the initiative of Jeymes Samuel —to talk more about the untold black stories, like he did with "The Harder They Fall" about black cowboys. So it was an evidence for us, not to talk about american heroes again, but to tell the story of our own black legends, here in France. We've created "Lumières Noires" an open air museum to highlight our french black legends, in the middle of Paris. With writers, fencers or singers.. From Toussaint Louverture to Raoul Diagne or the Nardal sisters... we let independent black historians (as @/ leparisnoir) and creatives telling all the stories. And during 3 days, hundreds of people came to this all black museum. To be educated, or to feel represented, or both… But I'm really glad that this initiative motivated people to know more about untold black stories. Creative Direction : Güllit Baku Art Direction : Jessy Kikabou Copywriter : Lansky Installation : Matière Noire Illustrations : Chérif Kid Textes : Kevi Donat, @leparisnoir Agency : YARD