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Global inequalities are on the rise,
according to OXFAM's latest study.
The 26 wealthiest people
own as much as the poorest half of humanity.
Heat waves.
Mass extinction.
Shrunken ice caps.
The GIEC sounds the alarm:
a 1.5°C temperature rise
will have a tragic and irreversible impact.
SOLIDARITY: NOUN
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS
WHO, BASED ON A COMMUNITY OF INTERESTS, ARE MUTUALLY BOUND.
Lately,
not a day goes by without mention of a crisis.
Economic and environmental crises,
and social crises too.
An increasing number of scientists
have suggested that solidarity on a global scale
could be the first step to changing the course of things.
We have no choice.
What we have to do, today,
is to return to the core values of humanity:
solidarity, sharing, giving, receiving and giving back.
These values must be achieved on a global level
whilst respecting the singularity of each society.
We came to believe that life comes down to a competition
in which the best ones win, and so on.
In other words, the most selfish, the most dominating.
But it's a faulty notion,
one that has long been debunked by biology.
Competition, predation and cruelty do exist.
But we also forge countless relations
of vital complementarity.
We must have faith in solidarity.
Everyone can act at whatever level,
and at any time,
can rise to the challenge to become fully human.
A network for mutual help...
I'd focused on solidarity for the past four years.
Indigo advocates solidarity.
The platform I developed
lets people share goods and services for free.
Matthieu Chedid's approach is akin to my own.
MUSICIAN
Members of his band Lamomali
come from all over the world,
showing that we can be diverse
and work hand in hand.
These world-famous artists
drew massive crowds in Brazil, the US, France,
and across the world.
Together,
they recorded an ode to solidarity,
asking me to direct the video.
It was a chance to address a powerful message.
Above all,
it was a chance to meet activists from across the globe,
highlighting their commitment to solidarity.
40 DAYS BEFORE THE "SOLIDARITÉ" MUSIC VIDEO
FUCK THE POLICE
How about a shot...
You know?
What are you doing here?
Turn that thing off.
We're here for the Big Challenge.
Mara Kanté's project.
Bullshit. Call him.
Hello? There are people here with cameras.
They're with you?
We grew up in this ghetto.
It's where it all happens.
There's social diversity:
workers, children, people doing business,
or on different paths.
Everything blends here and mixes.
And we're trying to get by.
To do our part.
The Big Challenge started with Malik.
He told us: "Listen.
I saw a poor family on the street.
It stirred me so deeply
that I thought we should do something to help them."
He came up with an idea.
And it got through to us.
Welcome to the Kantés' table.
It seems set for Sunday dinner.
But in a few hours,
the food will be served
to homeless migrants.
The Big Challenge was launched by Malik,
a man from Sarcelles
shocked by the plight of refugees.
Anyone can do it.
First, we're human beings.
Second, our parents emigrated.
Third, help thy neighbor.
It's in every holy book.
The Big Challenge continues
with other neighborhoods ready to take over.
Yes! From the Val-de-Marne to the Val-d'Oise.
It's up to you now.
People went along. They were excited.
It's solidarity.
We're in one of the most destitute areas in France.
But it's also the wealthiest.
Not economically wealthy.
But we have values of togetherness.
That's our wealth.
Poverty brings us together.
We help each other out.
The Big Challenge!
Hello?
Yeah. The magicians? They're OK.
Come on!
Turn.
Do it with a smile.
It's for our office, guys.
Come on.
There.
All right!
We need an actual mop.
This is just a gadget.
It doesn't work.
My dad would never stand for it.
It doesn't clean!
What are you doing?
It better be shining!
I want to eat off that floor.
That's what he'd say.
You're insane.
Everyone gives their time.
We give what we have,
from our own pockets,
but we have to do more
and go canvassing.
Ultimately,
we need financial and material support.
If people give now but can't give next month,
there's no point.
We need 500 euros for a food drive.
What do we have?
1,500 euros.
That makes three.
In March, it's over.
That's why our situation now is so...
It's precarious.
We've been too shy from the start.
We've come a long way from when we first started.
Now we've reached a stage
where we're not doing the funding.
We have people supporting us.
We have to canvass. People will give.
We have to be proud
and talk about our movement.
We have to reach out,
and by that, I mean as wide as possible.
Sarcelles is known for its projects.
The first housing projects in the country.
I grew up in the "jungle".
VICTIMS OF STATE NEGLECT
Riots took place here in 2007.
Officers were beaten up.
The town was sacked.
The crash between a motorcycle driven by two teenagers
and a police car was extremely violent.
The boys were not wearing a helmet.
The paramedics were helpless.
The neighborhood flared up for six hours of violence.
Police forces were shot at with real bullets.
A new night of unrest in Villiers-le-Bel.
82 policemen were injured, six of them badly.
And... I was there, in the middle of all that. See?
Three months later an anonymous informant reported me.
I was accused
of shooting at the police
and attempting to kill a police officer.
I went from the hope
of becoming a soccer player,
to ending up in the pit.
The nightmare began.
It lasted 29 months,
during which I was locked up,
at the age of 20,
in one of the toughest prisons,
and sent to isolation for a year.
I was confined to a 95 square feet cell, alone.
I thought: there's no justice, no peace.
An innocent in jail.
It was nothing to them.
Six months went by.
I thought it was over.
I thought my life was ruined.
Might as well go all in.
Fuck the system.
Fuck the judges. Fuck the police.
Fuck the prosecutor. Fuck everything.
I met a librarian. He said:
"I know you're mad. Read this book."
Reading wasn't my thing.
I didn't want to read.
Books are full of crap.
He said: "You'll see.
Read this one. You'll like it."
Roger McGowen.
Messages of Life from Death Row.
I started to read. First one page, then another.
It was interesting. I devoured the book.
Book after book, I devoured them.
All of these men wrongfully jailed,
and serving long sentences.
What blew me away,
was reading Nelson Mandela's work,
still standing after 27 years in jail,
ready to negotiate.
He wanted it.
He put some things aside and let his heart speak out.
THE BIG CHALLENGE
The bowls.
Do you need them?
What do you need?
Here, put the rice with it.
Set it here, to stay warm.
Thank you everyone.
Thanks for your hard work today.
You all did a great job.
Why are we here today?
To hand out the food we have collected
to homeless people in need.
Thank you.
Let's keep this adventure going.
Salaam aleikoum.
Hey! Thank you!
I'll set this here.
How did you get here?
ENTRANCE TO AUBERVILLIERS INNER AND OUTER RINGROAD
He says migrants from Sudan,
from Palestine,
or from Iraq
all have a reason to be here.
They're perhaps scared
or don't have access to human rights.
These are her children.
And her sister.
The men stayed back.
They've been here for two months.
The kids don't go to school.
They sleep here.
To think that over 600 million people in the world live on two dollars a day...
To address this issue,
our message with the Big Challenge is: take action.
Whatever your race or your religion:
do something, do your part.
It'll make a big difference to humanity.
30 DAYS BEFORE THE "SOLIDARITÉ" MUSIC VIDEO
Poverty is a cause mobilizing
volunteers across the world.
Violence against women is another.
They are a blight plaguing our societies:
feminicides.
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Brazil is among the most impacted countries.
Faced with this problem, women are uniting and fighting back.
I'm Panmela Castro.
I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro.
As a child, my mother enrolled me in painting and drawing courses.
And later, when I became a teenager,
that's when I started to draw graffiti.
We're here for a special reason,
the launch of the Dororidade mural.
This mural graffiti was thought of
and painted by Panmela Castro.
Let's hear it for her
because she deserves it.
I wanted to tell you a bit about how this all happened.
When I was the age of many of the girls here,
I got married.
So I had this experience with domestic violence
and I didn't want other women to go through the same.
So in 2006, when the Maria da Penha Act
was passed for women's rights,
I used what I had, my graffiti and my art,
to help other women.
And so, over the years,
we founded the "Nami Network",
doing this work in schools and communities
to promote the "Maria da Penha Act".
"Dororidade",
where did the idea come from, what does it represent to you?
We already hear a lot about sorority,
which is this union, this mutual support among women.
"Dororidade" is a concept
about the pain suffered from machismo
and from racism.
So this caught up with all the women.
Women of all races.
So we have Afrograffity, which is a completely free program
where women can register on our website
and attend graffiti classes for eight months
and learn about their rights
with facilitators specialized in these matters.
SILENCE MEANS CONSENT
DON'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO REPORT A PRESENT ABUSE
The Panmela Castro mural,
here in front of the police precinct, is a gift for all of us.
So the mural is fortifying,
I would say that, it strengthens us.
Unfortunately, Brazil is the fifth country in the world,
where women are mostly killed just for being women.
Tatiana Spitzner was found dead
on July 22.
The garage footage
shows that the man who assaulted Tatiana
was her husband, Luis Felipe Manveiler,
Security cameras show an aggressive man.
Their fight continues in the elevator.
25 minutes after arriving at the apartment,
she falls from the building.
At three o'clock in the morning, Luis Felipe is in the elevator,
taking the woman's body back home.
Four minutes later, the suspect is wearing another shirt
and he's cleaning the blood marks left in the elevator.
At 3:08 a.m., he escapes.
It's a patriarchal society, a sexist society,
with misogynistic men,
and above all, violent people.
I heard many say: "Sure, I beat her but she's my wife."
They feel they have the right to do that.
When women decide to go to the police, they've been suffering for years.
I've had experience with domestic violence.
I thought that, as a woman, in a marriage,
I had to endure it,
because it was already in the culture of my family,
of my neighborhood, of the people I lived with.
And then, one day, he closed the whole house,
so no one would hear what was going to happen.
Then he played loud music
and started hitting me.
He hit me, punched me, kicked me a lot.
He assaulted me for about two hours.
And his mother saw it but she wouldn't help me.
She said: "You have to hit her because she didn't make lunch."
I studied and I had a job. I only came home at night.
So that no one would suspect that I got beat up,
he bought me a cast
and put it around my leg
as if I had broken it.
But actually, it was to prevent me from running.
Running away from home.
So I was locked in the house for a week,
getting healed quietly
and hoping I could soon go to my mom's.
He had a cell phone, I didn't.
And one day, he left his phone in the house.
The next day,
my mom showed up with two hefty black guys.
After that happened, I moved away.
I filed a complaint,
but it never resulted in anything, because there was no "Maria da Penha Act".
It didn't work out.
Do you understand?
WOMEN VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL 180 TO REPORT
Bel,
put plenty of paint on that area,
the one with the green moss.
My nails are all beautiful.
I think I'm the only graffiti artist
with those kinds of nails.
So Bebel,
what are you thinking of painting there?
Since it's Breast Cancer Week,
I'm thinking of making a woman
showing off her breasts.
A woman that kind of looks like me.
That is lovely.
All right we're recording Bebel don't mess it up
I'm just painting, that's all
Women and graffiti artists And we're not playing
Bebel from the Ghetto On the front lines with the women
We need some leadership and a lot of faith
I dedicate this to everyone listening
I sing this song from my heart
Bebel from the Ghetto is here to last Love to everyone
I tried to do a beat, but I'm too bad.
In the Nami Network,
they worked hard to emancipate women,
and now we are fighting to keep the rights we have.
You're older, you know how it was in the old days.
Yes, I do.
When there was violence
in the house,
we would report it.
But the police would always ask, "What did you do?"
So I'd get beaten up,
and the police would still have the guts to ask what I had done to get beaten.
It's institutionalized machismo.
It's the way our society created men
and that's why we're creating a different society.
It's the work that Marielle did, too,
and that's why she got killed, for giving these women a voice.
You're afraid when you hear me talking about this.
Panmela, I don't want you to...
Something bad could happen.
Guys, I witnessed that.
People protested at school meetings, at universities.
Those who said what they didn't like,
they were photographed, arrested and they disappeared.
But we got to this point...
I don't want that for my daughters.
The rights that we have today, a lot of people fought before us
and now we are on the front line.
I didn't start this yesterday. It's been ten years, everyone knows.
It's an ugly business, that's what I'm saying: it's ugly, now.
That's why people need us.
My God, just thinking about it...
I'm not going to stop my work.
I'm not afraid of being killed tomorrow,
because I believe
that it is better to live in freedom,
to be able to express yourself,
to do what you want,
to have a full life,
than to live oppressed for too long.
FIGHT LIKE MARIELLE FRANCO
It would soon be time to put out my idea
for the "Solidarité" music video.
NEW YORK CITY, USA
Our trip to Brazil was an eye-opener on violence towards women.
But what about women who are part of a cultural minority?
On the Internet,
I came by a video by a US-Sudanese slam poet
victim of segregation.
She addressed the topic in her texts.
20 DAYS BEFORE THE "SOLIDARITÉ" MUSIC VIDEO
Art can play a crucial part in activism.
The song "Solidarité"
and Lamomali's music video
were a chance to shed light on solidarity.
Actually,
musicians and activists share a great power:
the vibration they carry within them
and strive to spread all around.
Thank you.
I believe that Lamomali
goes beyond music.
To be in this project is to be amongst family.
When I first met Matthieu, he told me about Lamomali.
He said: "Do you know Toumani and Sidiki?"
Of course I do!
His kora has always brought out
a mysterious energy in me. It brings tears.
Music,
true artists,
are healers.
And yet they are the most ill.
They try to heal and, as they do so,
heal the audience around them.
Some people cry right away.
Everyone reacts according to their condition.
We are survivors.
Music sustains us.
It helps us survive and stay alive,
have hope and faith as we move forward.
These values that we share
can be brought together,
and help us get by.
Manitoumani
Sing!
Manitoumani
Everyone!
Beyond the disasters of our biographies
Beyond the high walls of our fake lives
Toumani Diabaté
Louder, everyone!
Manitoumani
I can't hear you! Louder!
Meeting Mara,
Afaq and Panmela
has affected me deeply.
Seeing them take action despite obstacles
and limited resources
blew me away.
They were doing all they could.
Somehow, I had to help.
He wanted to change the world
The world changed him in return
Touma...
...ni Dia...
...baté
Today,
on social media,
a video can get millions of views.
Many organizations rely on these media.
For the video,
I suggested replacing the Lamomali musicians
with Mara, Afaq, Panmela...
and other activists.
I'm on board. It's a good idea.
We have to see... with the others.
Toumani and the rest.
With every new project,
often it's a no, but sometimes they embrace the cause.
Rejecting
or embracing the cause.
Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki
are central cultural players in Mali.
One of the world's poorest countries.
TEN DAYS BEFORE THE "SOLIDARITÉ" MUSIC VIDEO
Matthieu told me about the video
for "Solidarité".
I think we should seize this opportunity
to help an organization for albinism.
Salif Keita does it with his foundation.
We have to help each other out.
They are people in need
suffering from rejection.
It's vital.
It's a noble cause.
Coconut oil.
Zinc oxide. It protects from the sun.
It's homemade sunscreen.
It's easy to make.
Do we add this?
There.
So what do you do next?
Just let it cool down.
Do you add anything after that?
No, that's it.
You can try it.
On your hairs.
Don't miss a spot.
You need protection.
There.
We're gathered here today
to discuss AMPA.
New members have joined the organization.
Our main goal is to raise awareness.
We still see parents abandoning their albino children.
Women are repudiated by their husbands,
who argue that giving birth to albino children
proves that they have been unfaithful.
Here, in Mali,
people still believe that the organs of albinos
are a source of wealth.
Recently, our sister Ramata was murdered.
In the town of Fana,
time stopped still on Saturday night.
Ramata, a five-year-old girl, was kidnapped, torn away
from her mother Awa
beside whom she slept.
The girl's body was found 500 feet from her home.
Beheaded and disemboweled.
It always happens during election time.
According to persistent beliefs,
albino organs bring wealth, social elevation
and political success.
I insist on this point. Albinism remains misunderstood.
We welcome you all.
Let's unite our voices
to reach those who still fail to understand
that albinism is not a fatality.
When I was young,
it was difficult
to find work and to find a wife.
Each time I proposed,
I was turned down: I didn't have a job and I was albino.
I'm graduating high school.
I have trouble in school.
I'm graduating in science.
It's hard to see the exercise we're doing
when it's up on the board.
We all suffer from incurable short-sightedness.
We need funding
to buy glasses
for everyone.
We make our own local sunscreen.
Sunscreen is extremely expensive.
We have to order it.
Marrying early is another issue.
If you marry early,
with God's help, you have children early on.
Before that child grows into an adult,
you have time to prepare his future.
It's why I wanted to marry early.
But I couldn't.
Parents would turn me down because I am albino,
saying I cannot work in the sun,
that I am poor and so on.
But no one can escape their fate.
What I want is for us, albinos,
to come together,
to raise awareness for our cause and gain support.
To be included in society
and leave our current plight behind.
To showcase their actions,
Broulaye, Afaq, Panmela and Mara
agreed to take center stage in our video.
Shooting the video presented a big challenge.
We hoped to rally hundreds of people in Brazil, France, the US and Mali.
We had to create a movement.
HOW TO START A MOVEMENT? CONFERENCE BY DEREK SIVERS
BABILONIA FAVELA RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
In the favela where we were going to shoot the video,
tensions were rife.
A shootout had taken place between rival gangs
and the police force.
People were staying inside.
These deaths end up making the residents apprehensive.
Residents don't want to go out
especially because some of these dead people were innocent.
Do you think people will go out on the street with this tension?
I can't promise you that, but we'll try our best.
With Panmela bringing her art, her militancy with feminism,
it's a movement that brings joy to the community.
People can go out freely again
and continue living in the way we want them to live,
with the freedom and tranquility of movement.
The event brings them this possibility.
Thankfully, we were able to count on help from organizations
to bring out as many participants as they could.
I encourage everyone
to come and join us.
To support us,
help us out,
and turn this into a wonderful event.
We need your support. Just a little help.
Come on Bahiana, there's the "Solidarity" clip!
What's up, Bahiana?
Come on.
Let's go.
Hello, Bahiana. Let us rise up!
Come on guys, to be filmed by TV!
Come shoot a music video with us!
It's about solidarity
between albinos and non-albinos in Mali,
Africa and the entire world.
Solidarity!
In Paris,
while we were preparing to shoot,
news outlets were reporting on anti-Asian racism.
The Chinese community in Aubervilliers, near Paris, rallied today,
to commemorate Zhang Chaolin,
a 49-year-old tailor attacked and killed on the street.
Beaten and robbed for a handbag:
his death prompted a wave of solidarity.
Business owners suffer from stereotypes,
considered to be wealthy individuals
walking around with cash.
Prejudice persists,
as does anti-Asian racism.
It's a long road. It's a long fight.
Time was scarce.
But we wanted to call Tamara and her organization
to discuss our project.
FINAL DAY BEFORE THE "SOLIDARITÉ" MUSIC VIDEO
The idea is simple.
We stand by the community leaders,
Tamara and Ajian.
Play some music. It's about celebrating them,
dancing, having fun and drawing people in.
Thank you for coming in such big numbers
and for supporting the cause of the Chinese community in France.
We suffer from racism.
Ajian's father was killed in Aubervilliers.
Thanks for your solidarity. We need you.
More movement... Dinei, move forward,
move forward some more, dance.
Panmela, move more, let yourself go, dance with the sound!
Panmela!
Solidarity!
You're my friend
The soul of Mali
Is alive and well
The soul of Mali
You're my friend
The soul of Mali
Is alive and well
The soul of Mali
THE BIG CHALLENGE
My soul is in Mali You're my friend
My soul is in Mali
We're singing
We're dancing
We're moving
We're talking
The soul of Mali
Solidarity
EXIT 4, ARRIVALS
How are you?
Bienvenue.
He says he's never been this cold.
Really?
I can slam too.
"I float like a butterfly.
I sting like a bee."
Nah, I'm joking.
Words provide
an opening onto the world.
-Right! -She has full command of this art.
A respectful art.
And your book?
He told us about it.
It's about my story.
The title is: Presumed guilty. Villiers-le-Bel: A life after the riots.
I was jailed for 29 months
before a trial that lasted two weeks.
They asked for 15 years.
And I was acquitted.
On every count.
What's the title?
Presumed guilty.
It's about presumption:
judging our appearance,
how we look rather than the facts.
Asians too.
People think we're all wealthy,
that we carry cash.
-It's not true. -Of course it isn't!
Prejudice kills. It ruins lives.
Exactly.
Along my journey,
I was helped by Ashoka,
a non-profit NGO helping social entrepreneurs.
They supported my network.
I knew that activists might benefit from meeting them too.
It's difficult to pay out of our own pockets.
We need support
in terms of structures,
in terms of logistics,
in terms of funding,
and strategy.
We need support to obtain sunscreen and glasses.
Our non-profit was created eight years ago.
Right.
But we haven't received significant support.
We hope the time has come.
I want people to understand
that you can be Chinese
and also be French.
Not speaking French makes it hard
to grasp the law.
Not speaking French makes it hard
to go to the police.
We don't have the tools.
Hello?
-How is everyone? -Good.
-And you? -I'm well.
You made it OK?
Yes, I made it OK.
When you talk with them, don't forget to ask
about sunscreen.
I told them about the sunscreen
and about buying a machine to produce it.
Good. And the others?
They're fine.
They're all nice.
There's one in particular, a Sudanese woman.
Good for you.
Had we spent more time together,
I would have married her.
Oh, Lord!
Are you there working or flirting?
Both! I would be happy to find a wife as well.
And white girls?
They don't have the time. They're nice, but in a hurry.
That's true.
They go to work early. No time for gossip.
They get up before the muezzin,
and in the cold too.
Aminata, talk to you soon.
I'll tell you more next time.
It's good for you!
It's healthy.
Enjoy.
Thanks.
Tamara, what is your takeaway from your day on the shoot?
With the team?
The first shot
was filmed in the Chinese neighborhood.
I was blown away by the extras,
the true protagonists.
They sing, dance and bring joy.
We were a thousand people there.
Amazing.
I don't like to dance, but I just had to.
And the atmosphere warms up.
This togetherness, so to speak,
arises out of solidarity.
The word "solidarity" is compelling. It's our purpose.
What I can remember from the day of the clip
is being very tense, and then I relaxed,
I danced a lot with people.
Breaking this barrier was difficult for me.
The clip is about solidarity.
But we are mostly united among ourselves
and here we have to break a barrier of colonization.
There are lots of barriers
against Europeans and the Americans
who bring and force their culture.
So to have to put up with an outsider
and you moving around saying, "Do it here, go and record that..."
"Screw you, son of a bitch,
you think you're the boss."
That's what we think about these colonization issues.
The fact that I came and participated means a lot
because I don't usually mingle that way with gringos.
You're in the video?
Not with them.
I was in Brazil.
No, no, I'm kidding.
Come on.
You were in Sarcelles.
-Up on his throne. -Right.
I have this image of thugs... I'm just saying!
I'd avoid you on the streets.
But you have such a big heart.
Solidarity!
Now, I'm asking you to trust me.
-Are we going out? -Yes.
-Do we need our coats? -Yes.
-Our passports too? -No...
Greg Zlap!
Ibrahim Maalouf!
Right now, we have this crazy surprise for you.
You saw the video "Solidarité", right?
Yeah!
We invited activists, extraordinary people.
We brought them here,
in Paris.
They don't know that they're about to come on stage.
It's a surprise.
I need you all to sing "Solidarité".
Very softly at first.
First, we need absolute quiet.
Solidarity
Gladys!
I've fixed hope at the root of my life
I've planted torches On the edge of the night
Solidarity
Together!
Everyone!
-Together! -All together!
For love!
Thank you, Bercy!
Thank you! See you soon!
Thank you!
Today, it feels as if the world were collapsing.
Where are we headed?
It's the end of an era.
We're facing a blank page.
Across the world,
movements advocate new ways of consuming.
Of talking.
Of redistributing wealth.
Of protecting the planet.
This desire for change carries hope and solidarity.
It can also lead to hate and violence.
The threats hovering above us
prompted Mara, Panmela, Afaq, Broulaye and Tamara to act.
Acknowledging our shared humanity
and fates
is the essential condition of our survival.
It's one of the greatest challenges that we face.
This experience taught me
that each deed and each word counts.
That solidarity can spread,
that it is powerful and vital.
SAVE THE EARTH
For this world to emerge,
a question remains.
Now that we have become aware,
are we ready to act?
A FEW MONTHS LATER
G7 EDUCATION SUMMIT PARIS, FRANCE
500 000 000 illiterate women across the world.
That's twice as many as men.
620 000 000 more children to educate worldwide
before 2030,
including 450 000 000 in Africa.
MALALA YOUSAFZAI NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE
A poet and a photographer...
She lives and teaches in Philadelphia...
Please welcome Afaq Mahmoud.
LAMOMALI
The original singers behind the song "Solidarité"
decided to donate their royalties to UNICEF
and to the local activists featured in the film:
Mara, Panmela, Afaq, Broulaye, and Tamara.
Afaq continues to take pictures and write socially committed poetry.
She wants to put together an exhibition in the US
dedicated to the cause of refugees
and all those fleeing poverty and military violence.
Mara and the Big Challenge are still in a difficult situation.
The organization plans to grow with the support of alternative funding,
hoping to pursue its work alongside migrants
on the streets, in and around Paris.
Thanks to Ashoka, Panmela and her Nami Network were able
to receive the funds needed to expand their graffiti school.
The organization can now accommodate 100 women a year
from underprivileged areas of Rio de Janeiro.
Broulaye and the members of AMPA were provided with fitted eyewear
and have learned to manufacture sunscreen.
The organization also plans to acquire sewing machines,
so that albinos may learn a trade and make a living for themselves.
Tamara and the organization Chinese from France, French from China
offer legal aid, including to people like Sonjian.
The trial against the murderers of the young man's father
made French legal history: for the very first time,
a jury cited the notion of racist crime as an aggravating factor
in a case involving a member of the Asian community.
The community of the mutual help platform "Indigo"
mobilized many of its members
to feature in the "Solidarité" music clip.
Every day, thousands of people use the app
to exchange things and favors for free.
To all nonprofit organizations, activists,
and citizens working for the common good
and to all who will join them tomorrow.
Our lives are connected.
Modern societies have no choice but to stand united.
More than ever...
Special thanks to Alain Afflelou for supporting AMPA Ashoka France Labo M
"Chinese from France, French from China"
"The Big Challenge"
"Nami Network"
"Malian association for the protection of albinos"
I've fixed hope
At the root of my life
I've planted torches
On the edge of the night
Solidarity
You're my friend
The soul of Mali
Is alive and well
The soul of Mali
You're my friend
The soul of Mali
Is alive and well
The soul of Mali
You're my friend
We're singing
We're dancing
We're moving, we're talking
The soul of Mali
You're my friend
We're singing
We're dancing
We're moving, we're talking
The soul of Mali
Solidarity
Subtitle translation by Armelle Chrétien