The more radiant the light, the darker the shadow

TDS, June 8, 2015

“We were looking for four months with a casting director and two assistants. We basically went everywhere. We went to agencies, but there were very few black girls. And then we went in to theatre classes and high schools, but we met most of our cast randomly on the street. All the girls are non-professionals, whereas all the boys had already been on screen. That says something about the representation of black women in [French] cinema.” - Céline Sciamma

“Black teenagers in Paris, boys and girls, don’t watch French movies. When you watch French films, you don’t see many black characters. So we boycott them, and watch American movies instead.” - Karidja Touré