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[protesters shouting]
[reporter 1 in English] 70.8 million people are now displaced in the world,
fleeing war, persecution and conflict.
It's the highest number the UN Refugee Agency
has seen in its nearly 70-year existence.
END OF THE WORLD - END OF THE MONTH - SAME FIGHT
[reporter 2 in French] 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.
[reporter 3 in English] Right nationalists and counter protesters blamed each other
for the violence that erupted in Charlottesville on Saturday.
[reporter 4] These groups advocate for the dominance of the white race.
[reporter 5 in French] Heat waves. Mass extinction. Shrunken ice caps.
The GIEC sounds the alarm:
a 1.5-degree Celsius temperature rise will have a tragic and irreversible impact.
SOLIDARITY: A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE WHO ARE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER
BY COMMON INTERESTS.
[Stéphane de Freitas] 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 a global awakening is a first step to changing the course of things.
We have no choice. Our only solution...
ALAIN CAILLÉ SOCIOLOGIST
...is to return to the core values of humanity:
solidarity, sharing, giving and receiving.
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.
EDGAR MORIN PHILOSOPHER
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.
[man] A network for mutual help...
[de Freitas] I'd focused on solidarity for the past four years.
Indigo advocates solidarity.
[de Freitas] The platform I developed lets people share goods and services for free.
Matthieu Chedid's approach is akin to my own.
MATTHIEU CHEDID 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...
SOLIDARITY
...and across the world.
Together, they recorded an ode to solidarity,
asking me to direct the video.
It was a chance to address a message.
Above all,
it was a chance to meet activists from across the globe,
highlighting their commitment.
40 DAYS UNTIL THE "SOLIDARITÉ" VIDEO SHOOT
FUCK THE POLICE
[de Freitas] How about a shot...
You know?
[man 1] What are you doing here?
[man 2] Turn that thing off.
[de Freitas] We're here for the Big Challenge.
Mara Kanté's project.
[man 1] Bullshit. Call him.
Hello? There are people here with cameras.
They're with you?
[Mara Kanté] 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 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.
YOUTH MOBILIZATION IN SUPPORT OF MIGRANTS
[reporter] Welcome to Kanté's 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 are humans.
Second, our parents emigrated.
Third, help thy neighbor.
It's in every holy book.
[reporter] The adventure 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.
[man 1] The Big Challenge!
[man 2] Hello?
Yeah, all right.
[man 3] Come on.
Turn.
Do it with a smile.
It's for our office, guys.
Come on.
There.
[woman] All right!
[man 3] 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.
[woman] You're insane.
[Kanté] 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.
THE BIG FOOD DRIVE
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?
One thousand, five hundred euros.
That makes three.
In March, it's over.
[woman] That's why our situation now is so...
[both] It's precarious.
-We've been too shy from the start. -[woman] Mmm.
We've come a long way from when we first started.
Now we've reached a stage
-where we're not doing the funding. -Yeah.
We have people supporting us.
We have to canvass. People will give.
We have to be proud and talk about the movement.
We have to reach out, and by that, I mean as widely as possible.
[Kanté] 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.
[reporter 1] 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.
[reporter 2] The neighborhood flared up for a night of violence.
Police forces were shot at with real bullets.
A new night of unrest in Villiers-le-Bel.
Eighty-two policemen were injured, six of them badly.
Uh...
That's what it was like.
I was reported to the police three months later.
I was accused of shooting at the police
and attempting to kill a police officer.
I went from 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-foot cell, alone.
I thought: there's no justice, no peace.
An innocent person 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 about Nelson Mandela,
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
[man] The bowls.
Do you need them?
[man 2] What do you need?
Here, put the rice with it.
[man 3] Set it here, to stay warm.
[man on loudspeaker] 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.
[all cheering]
[engine revving]
[Kanté] Salaam alaikum.
Hey! Thank you.
[Kanté] I'll set this here.
How did you get here?
[man in English] I'm coming first time from Somalia.
Somalia is big problem. Somalia is too much fighting.
Police can't help me. There's no home, no life.
This is for dying people, these people are dying.
How many people is... See here?
How many people? It's too much.
Today I'm not drink...
I am hungry.
My dress, only this one.
I don't have anything.
[indistinct chatter]
[man in French] 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.
[in Arabic] Those are her sister's children, and this is her sister.
[in French] These are her children.
And her sister.
The men stayed back.
[speaking Arabic]
[in Arabic] Do your children go to school?
They don't go to school. They have no home.
[man] How long have they been here?
[in French] They've been here for two months.
The kids don't go to school.
They sleep here.
[Kanté] To think that over 600 million people
in the world live on two dollars a day...
THE BIG CHALLENGE
To address this issue,
our message with the Big Challenge is: take action.
Whatever your race or religion,
do something, do your part.
You'll make a big difference.
30 DAYS UNTIL THE "SOLIDARITÉ" VIDEO SHOOT
[de Freitas] Poverty is a cause mobilizing volunteers across the world.
Violence against women is another.
They are a blight plaguing our societies:
feminicides.
PANMELA RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Brazil is among the most impacted countries.
Now, women are fighting back.
[Panmela Castro in Portuguese] 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.
Later, when I became a teenager,
that's when I started to draw graffiti.
[woman over microphone] We're here for a special reason,
the launch of the Dororidade mural.
The graffiti mural was thought of and painted by Panmela Castro.
[all cheering]
[woman] Let's hear it for her, because she deserves it.
[Castro] 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 NAMI Network,
doing this work in schools and communities
to promote the Maria da Penha Act.
[all cheering]
[upbeat music playing]
[chanting] Hey!
[interviewer] 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 Afrografitty, 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.
[hip-hop music playing]
[all cheering]
SILENCE MEANS CONSENT
DON'T WAIT UNTIL TOMORROW TO REPORT ABUSE THAT'S HAPPENING NOW
[Débora Ferreira Rodrigues] The Panmela Castro mural
here in front of the police precinct is a gift for all of us.
The mural is fortifying.
I would say that it strengthens us.
Unfortunately, Brazil comes fifth in the world...
DÉBORA FERREIRA RODRIGUES REPRESENTATIVE
...in terms of countries where women are killed just for being women.
[reporter] Tatiana Spitzner was found dead on July 22nd.
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.
Twenty-five minutes after arriving at the apartment,
she falls from the building.
At three o'clock in the morning, Luis Felipe is seen in the elevator,
taking the woman's body back home.
Four minutes later, the suspect is wearing another shirt
and cleaning the blood marks left in the elevator.
At 3:00 a.m., he escapes.
It's a patriarchal society, a sexist society
with misogynistic men,
and above all, violent people.
I've heard many say, "Sure, I beat her, but she's my wife."
They feel they have the right to do that.
Women decide to go to the police only after suffering for years.
[indistinct chatter]
[Castro] 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 up the whole house
so that no one would hear what was about to happen.
Then he put on 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 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,
healing quietly
and hoping that I could soon go to my mom's.
He had a cell phone, I didn't.
One day, he left his phone in the house.
The next day,
my mom showed up with two hefty black guys.
After that happened, everything changed.
I filed a complaint,
but it never resulted in anything, because there was no Maria da Penha Act.
It didn't work out.
[de Freitas] Mmm.
Do you understand?
[siren wailing]
WOMEN VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL 180 TO REPORT
Bel, put plenty of paint on that area,
the one with the green moss.
[Bebel] 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 here?
[Bebel] Since it's Breast Cancer Awareness Week,
I'm thinking of making a woman
showing off her breasts.
A woman that kind of looks like me.
That's lovely.
[rapping] ♪ 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 ♪
[Castro beatboxing]
♪ 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.
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 did to get beaten.
-It's institutionalized machoism. -Mmm.
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... [hesitates]
Something bad could happen.
Guys, I've witnessed that.
People protested at school meetings, at universities.
Those who spoke up against things 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 we have today, a lot of people fought before us,
and now they are praised.
I didn't start 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 we need people.
My God, just thinking about it...
[Castro] 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
[woman] Wow!
[camera shutter clicking]
[Fatoumata Diawara vocalizing]
[de Freitas in French] It would soon be time to put out my idea
for the "Solidarité" music video.
AFAQ NEW YORK, USA
Brazil is a symbol of violence against women.
How are cultural minorities affected by it?
On the Internet,
I came across a video by a US-Sudanese slam poet
and victim of segregation.
She addressed the topic in her texts.
[whispering indistinctly]
[Afaq in English] "To be black and Muslim in this America
is to be buried twice.
It's to be left out of every conversation that concerns you.
To constantly have your humanity questioned.
To always fight to be seen as what you are.
To only be accepted in fragments.
They say Muslim is the new black,
as if I never existed.
As if I'm just a shadow in the prayer room
or a crack in the Liberty Bell.
I'm stuck between the faith I chose and the skin I didn't.
I can't be black and Arab,
I can't be both and welcome here.
On a Saturday,
I am told that all the Islamis like me should jump into a river.
In the same hour,
another hijabi calls me a slave.
I carry all that I am,
and all that I've lost with me.
So home is wherever I am.
And I'm here to stay."
[audience cheering]
I'm Afaq, my friends call me Fofo.
I'm a 22-year-old artist, activist, educator, poet, photographer
from a family of refugees.
I was born in 1996 in Yemen.
Although my family is from Darfur, Sudan.
And I was born in Yemen
because my family had to flee Darfur, Sudan.
My dad is a peace activist,
and he got into some trouble because of his activism.
In Yemen, there is a civil war,
so from my very first days of life
there was violence around me.
And my parents didn't want that for us either,
and we ended up in America.
Living in this America
means fighting anti-blackness and Islamophobia daily.
I use art and activism to deconstruct these systems,
to uplift marginalized voices
and to fight bigotry in general.
[woman 1] ...let you guys know there are things happening.
We're part of the "no Muslim ban ever" events
that are happening throughout the country.
And we're all mobilizing on the 18th to D.C.
[woman 2] We are creating history, my brothers and sisters.
And what we're going to do
is change the course of our country
by being out there and standing proud,
and speaking loudly,
that we refuse to allow our American values
to be infringed upon.
All right!
[all cheering and applauding]
[Afaq] Why I am active against racism, against bigotry, against sexism
is because I've experienced those things myself.
I studied at the University of Arizona.
I wanted to study human rights,
which is something I've always wanted to study.
Being from Darfur, being from a family of refugees,
and then my reality when I actually went there,
I was faced with some of the worst racism,
worst anti-blackness and Islamophobia of my life.
There were so many instances where people were yelling things at me,
so many times where it became my reality,
it became my normal.
That religion...
That religion is a religion of hate!
It's a religion that kills!
Islam kills people.
Islam hates Jews!
I had a meeting with the dean of the Honors College,
where several marginalized students,
because they knew I was meeting with her,
asked me to share what was happening on campus to all of us,
because it wasn't just me who was under attack.
A lot of students felt in danger,
especially queer students and native students.
And what she said to me is,
"In the past ten years I've been at this university,
no student has ever come to me with these claims."
After I told her that I have the video proof
of the man yelling at me,
she said, "Well, if it's so unsafe...
I know there's something going on with your family back home."
Back home, she means Sudan.
"Why don't you go back?
Maybe you don't belong at this university."
It was the last straw.
It was almost two years of being told I didn't belong.
I was so hurt, the next day I went back to Philadelphia,
and I haven't been back to Arizona since.
I left all of my belongings.
I said, "I wash my hands of this place."
So, this is the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center.
[de Freitas] Okay.
And they helped me figure out
how to keep my poetry with my photography.
-[de Freitas] Here it is, right? -[Afaq] Yeah.
I choose to take the camera and turn it in on myself,
so as to reclaim my own identity.
Because I want to give people like me
the opportunity to see themselves properly represented.
All of these are confrontational.
The theme for the photos was the concept of the gaze,
making people look in your eyes and see that you're human.
I first started photography in 2015.
I went to Darfur for the first time in ten years.
This dictatorship is responsible
for the deaths of so many of my family members.
The genocide in Darfur is something I've seen firsthand.
When I was five years old,
I saw gun violence, the first time I saw blood pouring out of somebody.
In 2015, I went with a camera
so that it wasn't gonna be in my head this time.
I could take the photos and show other people what was happening.
I felt that if I did not take pictures of my family
and the other people in the refugee camps,
people would say that they never existed.
And that's why I do all my poetry and my photography,
so no one can deny what the truth is.
20 DAYS UNTIL THE "SOLIDARITÉ" VIDEO SHOOT
[de Freitas in French] Art can play a crucial part in activism.
[instrumental music playing]
[Diawara vocalizing]
[de Freitas] The song "Solidarité"
and Lamomali's music video
were a chance to shed light on solidarity.
[singing indistinctly]
-[de Freitas] Actually... -[vocalizing]
...musicians and activists share a great power.
[singing in native language]
[de Freitas] The vibration they carry within them...
and strive to spread all around.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Toumani Diabaté] 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 first ones to be 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.
The values that we share can be brought together,
and help us get by.
♪ Manitoumani ♪
Sing!
♪ Manitoumani ♪
Everyone!
♪ Manitoumani ♪
♪ Beyond the disasters Of our biographies ♪
♪ Manitoumani ♪
♪ Beyond the high walls Of our fake lives ♪
♪ Manitoumani ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Manitoumani ♪
Louder, everyone!
♪ Manitoumani ♪
[audience] ♪ Manitoumani ♪
♪ Manitoumani ♪
[audience cheering]
♪ Manitoumani ♪
-[Chedid exclaims] -[audience] ♪ Manitoumani ♪
♪ Manitoumani ♪
[Diawara] I can't hear you! Louder!
[audience continues singing]
[Diawara vocalizing]
[de Freitas] 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.
[vocalizing]
♪ He wanted to change the world ♪
♪ Manitoumani ♪
♪ The world changed him in return ♪
[vocalizing]
[audience cheering]
[de Freitas] Today, on social media,
a video can get millions of views.
Many organizations rely on these media.
[imperceptible]
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.
-[de Freitas laughing] -[exclaims]
[de Freitas] With every new project comes the issue of people's response.
Rejecting...
or embracing the cause.
Toumani Diabaté and his son Sidiki
are central cultural players in Mali.
An impoverished country.
[singing in native language]
[continues singing]
10 DAYS UNTIL THE "SOLIDARITÉ" VIDEO SHOOT
[Toumani] 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.
Uh, we have to help each other out.
They are people in need suffering from rejection.
It's vital.
[Toumani] It's a noble cause.
[instrumental music playing]
[woman] Coconut oil.
Zinc oxide.
It protects your skin from the sun.
It's homemade sunscreen.
It's easy to make.
Do we add this?
Thanks.
[man in Bambara] So what do you do next?
-[woman] Just let it cool down. -[man] You let it cool down.
Do you add anything after that?
[woman] No, that's it.
[in French] You can try it.
On your hairs.
[man laughs]
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.
[man] Here in Mali,
people still believe that the organs of albinos
are a source of wealth.
Recently, our sister Ramata was murdered.
[reporter in French] In the town of Fana, time stood 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.
THE (TELEVISION) NEWS AFRICA
[reporter] 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.
[in Bambara] 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.
[woman 1 in French] I'm graduating high school,
but I've had 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.
[woman 2] 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.
[Broulaye Coulibaly in Bambara] 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 for 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.
[indistinct chatter]
[de Freitas in French] 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 CREATE A MOVEMENT? A CONFERENCE BY DEREK SIVERS
[man in English] We talk a lot about leadership and how to make a movement.
A leader needs the guts to stand out and be ridiculed,
but what he's doing is so easy to follow.
So, here's his first follower with a crucial role.
He's going to show everyone else how to follow.
Now here come two more people and immediately after, three more people.
Now we've got momentum.
This is the tipping point.
Now we've got a movement.
Over the next minute,
you'll see all of those that prefer to stick with the crowd,
because eventually, they would be ridiculed for not joining in.
And that's how you make a movement.
FAVELA BABILONIA RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
[de Freitas in French] 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.
[in Portuguese] These deaths end up making the residents apprehensive.
Residents don't want to be involved,
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
and continue living in the way we want them to live,
with the freedom and tranquility of movement.
The event brings them this possibility.
[Castro] It's gonna be great.
[de Freitas in French] Thankfully, we were able to count
on help from organizations
to bring out as many participants as they could.
[woman] Salaam alaikum.
[woman in Bambara] I encourage everyone to come and join us,
to support us, help us out,
and turn this into a wonderful event.
[in French] We need your support, just a little help.
[man in Portuguese] Come on, Bahiana, it's time for the "Solidarité" video!
What's up, Bahiana?
[both] Come on... let's go.
Hello, Bahiana. Let's rise up!
Come on, guys! You'll be filmed by Globo!
[in French] We're shooting a music video!
[cheering]
It's about solidarity
between albinos and non-albinos in Mali, Africa and the entire world.
Solidarity!
[de Freitas] In Paris, while we were preparing to shoot,
news outlets were reporting on anti-Asian racism.
[reporter 1] The Chinese community in Aubervilliers rallied today
to commemorate Zhang Chaolin, a 49-year-old tailor
attacked and killed on the street.
[reporter 2] Beaten and robbed for a handbag,
his death prompted a wave of solidarity.
STOP THE VIOLENCE
[reporter 3] Business owners suffer from stereotypes,
considered to be wealthy individuals walking around with cash.
STOP THE VIOLENCE! SECURITY FOR ALL!
STOP - VIOLENCE ASSAULTS - INSECURITY
Prejudice persists, as does anti-Asian racism.
It's a long road, it's a long fight.
[de Freitas] Time was scarce.
But we wanted to call Tamara and her organization to discuss our project.
1 DAY UNTIL THE "SOLIDARITÉ" VIDEO SHOOT
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.
Okay?
Thank you for coming
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.
[man in English] We're shooting now.
We're shooting now.
["Solidarité" playing]
Action!
I want to see everybody smiling.
Everybody smiling, and the hands in the air, hands in the air.
Hey, hey! Everybody.
Come over, you guys, come on, walk.
Walk, walk, walk.
[man in Portuguese] More movement... Dinei, move forward,
move forward some more, dance.
Panmela, move more, let yourself go, dance with the sound!
You there in the apartment building, let's go!
[in French] ♪ Solidarity! ♪
♪ Solidarity! ♪
[all vocalizing]
[all cheering]
[all vocalizing]
["L'Âme Au Mali" playing]
♪ You're my friend ♪
♪ The soul of Mali ♪
♪ For you, my friend ♪
♪ The soul of Mali ♪
♪ You're my friend ♪
♪ The soul of Mali ♪
[in English] ♪ Double, double illusion I'm feeling a deep confusion ♪
♪ Come on my walk at the nation Follow my intuition ♪
♪ Stop and step around See the beauty that's around ♪
♪ Stop and step around Stop and look around ♪
♪ Titakapoum takati et tam My head goes up in the clouds ♪
♪ Titakapoum takati et tam My heart follows the rhythm down ♪
♪ Stop and sing some more To feel a little bit of love ♪
♪ Stop and sing for more Stop and love some more ♪
[in French] ♪ My soul is in Mali ♪
♪ My soul is in Mali ♪
♪ We're singing ♪
♪ We're dancing ♪
♪ We're moving ♪
♪ We're talking ♪
♪ The soul of Mali ♪
["Solidarité" playing]
♪ Solidarity ♪
SOLIDARITY
♪ Solidarity ♪
♪ What the hell are they fighting for? ♪
♪ Solidarity ♪
♪ What the hell are they fighting for? ♪
♪ Solidarity ♪
[all vocalizing]
♪ Solidarity ♪
♪ What the hell are they fighting for? ♪
[all vocalizing]
♪ Solidarity ♪
[vocalizing continues]
[line ringing]
-[Afaq in English] Hello? -[de Freitas] Fofo?
Hi!
How are you?
I've been good.
Thinking about the shoot, it was so much fun.
Did your family see the video clip?
Yes. My brothers can't stop singing the song still.
[laughs]
Fofo, I'm calling you because I have an idea.
-Mmm-hmm. -After the shooting,
the team and I, we really wanted to find a way to help you.
And here in France, there is an NGO that is ready to meet you.
In order to find any way to help you and the other characters of the video clip
in all your commitments for your nonprofits.
Would you be ready to come in the next days?
Wow! I'm coming to Paris? Give me one hour.
[de Freitas chuckles]
EXIT 4 - ARRIVALS
[in Portuguese] How are you?
Welcome.
[in English] So cool. How are you? Fine? Thank you.
-Is it your first time? -Yeah.
[speaking Bambara]
[in French] He says it's cold.
Really? [chuckles]
[Afaq in English] "If my love offends you, go love yourself.
And if my love offends you, I am not sorry.
And if my love offends you, it will not die."
-That's it. -Cool. Wow.
Great.
[Kanté in French] I can slam,too.
"I float like a butterfly,
I sting like a bee."
Nah, I'm joking.
Words provide... an opening to the world.
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.
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?
[Kanté] Presumed Guilty.
It's about presumption, judging our appearance,
what we represent, rather than facts.
Asians too.
People think we're all wealthy, that we carry cash.
-It's not true. -[Kanté] Of course, of course.
Prejudice kills. It ruins lives.
[Kanté] Exactly.
[in English] Not just in France and the United States,
but the prison system is very corrupt
and often disproportionately affects people of color.
That's something that I've noticed.
And there's no factual evidence to prove that
-they commit more crime, you know. -[Tamara Lui in French] Of course.
[de Freitas] Along my journey, I was helped by Ashoka,
an international NGO helping social entrepreneurs.
They supported my network.
I knew that activists might benefit from meeting them too.
[man in English] Ashoka is an international NGO,
and it's the first network of change-makers
trying to support or develop the social innovation ecosystem
to answer all the major challenges of our society.
We bring finance to the social entrepreneurs,
we bring him expertise, we connect him with mentors,
we connect social entrepreneurs together.
[in French] 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.
[in Bambara] We need support to obtain sunscreen and glasses.
Our nonprofit was created eight years ago.
Right.
But we haven't received significant support.
We hope the time has come.
[in English] We don't have the space to grow with the project
because we don't have space to put our materials,
everything we need, we don't have space to put the people to work,
and this is why we need to start with the construction.
This way we can get the second and the third floor in our house.
[in French] 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.
[in English] I would like to keep changing mindsets,
keep changing the root of racism, the root of bigotry.
I would like to become a better activist
by having people to learn from
who have done what I'm trying to do longer.
We probably have thousands of ways of doing that,
and you will have to choose,
and maybe talking with other people who made this choice
might help you to find your way and how you want to do it.
[Afaq] Thank you.
Bye.
Bye-bye.
[beeps]
[woman in French] Hello? [in Bambara] How is everyone?
Good.
-And you? -I'm well.
You made it okay?
Yes, I made it okay.
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.
Ah. Good for you.
Had we spent more time together, I would have married her.
-Oh, Lord! -[chuckles]
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. [chuckles]
Aminata, talk to you soon.
I'll tell you more next time.
[man 1 in French] It's good for you!
It's healthy.
[man 2] Enjoy.
Tamara, what is your takeaway from your day on the shoot?
[Lui] With the team?
The first shot was filmed in the Chinese neighborhood.
I was blown away by the extras, the true protagonists.
They 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.
[in Portuguese] Uh, what I can remember from the day of the shoot
is being very tense, and then I relaxed.
I danced a lot with people.
Breaking this barrier was difficult for me.
The video is about solidarity.
People sympathized with us,
and here we have to go beyond the colonization barrier.
There are lots of barriers against Europeans and Americans
who bring and force their culture on us.
So, to have an outsider...
say, "Do it here, go and record that..."
"Screw you, son of a bitch, you think you're the boss."
[laughing]
That's what we think about these colonization issues.
The fact that they came and participated means a lot.
White people don't usually mingle that way with us.
[Lui] You're in the video?
Not with them.
I was in Brazil.
[Lui] No, not in Brazil.
Come on.
You were in Sarcelles.
-[man] Up on his throne. -Right.
I have this image of thugs... I'm just saying!
I'd avoid you on the streets.
[all laughing]
But you have such a big heart.
[all] ♪ Solidarity! ♪
♪ Solidarity! ♪
You have to trust me.
[in English] Just follow and trust us.
-[in French] Are we going out? -We are going out.
[Kanté] Do we need our coats?
Our passports too?
[laughing]
[imperceptible]
[audience cheering]
Greg Zlap!
Ibrahim Maalouf!
We have a surprise for you.
You saw the video for "Solidarité," right?
[audience] Yeah!
We invited activists, extraordinary people.
We brought them here to 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 silence.
[softly] ♪ Solidarity ♪
♪ Solidarity ♪
-♪ Solidarity ♪ -[audience clapping rhythmically]
♪ Solidarity ♪
["Solidarité" playing]
[audience cheering]
♪ Solidarity ♪
[indiscernible]
♪ Solidarity ♪
[in English] ♪ I know love, I know freedom And I know so well what to stand up for ♪
♪ How come he don't know it like me ♪
♪ What the hell are they fighting for? ♪
♪ Now the man with the plan Brings us further apart ♪
♪ But he do not know ♪
♪ You can't rule another's heart ♪
♪ You can't kill the love below ♪
♪ Solidarity ♪
♪ Oh, no, no, no, no, no ♪
♪ Solidarity ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[in French] ♪ I've fixed hope At the root of my life ♪
♪ Oh ♪
♪ I've planted torches On the edge of the night ♪
♪ Oh ♪
[singing in native language]
♪ Solidarity ♪
[singing in native language]
♪ Solidarity ♪
[all vocalizing]
♪ Solidarity ♪
♪ Solidarity, solidarity, solidarity ♪
♪ Hey! Solidarity ♪
Everyone!
♪ Solidarity, solidarity ♪
Together!
♪ Solidarity ♪
♪ Hey, solidarity ♪
[audience] ♪ Solidarity, solidarity ♪
[Sidiki] For love!
♪ Solidarity ♪
[Diawara] Thank you, Bercy!
Thank you!
[singing and cheering continues]
[imperceptible]
[de Freitas] Nowadays, 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 sharing,
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 fate
is a condition of survival.
It is the great challenge of our time.
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?
G7 EDUCATION SUMMIT PARIS, FRANCE
[Lui in English] Hi, Fofo!
-Nice to see you again. -Good to see you.
[Emmanuel Macron in French] 500 million illiterate women across the world.
That's twice as many as men.
EMMANUEL MACRON PRESIDENT OF FRANCE
Six hundred and twenty million more children to educate worldwide before 2030,
including 450 million in Africa.
[in English] I was 11 years old...
MALALA YOUSAFZAI NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
...when I started speaking out for the first time
why girls should go to school.
The Taliban entered Swat Valley.
They took away peace from our people and banned girls' education.
I was 17 years old when I won the Nobel Peace Prize.
I asked girls from several countries to join me in Oslo.
Girls who, like me and million others, had been denied the right to education.
I hope you will join me in doing your part and invest in girls' education.
Thank you so much for listening.
Merci, thank you.
[woman in French] A poet and a photographer...
[Afaq in English] Who would have thought
that this adventure would lead me here?
[woman in French] She lives and teaches in Philadelphia...
[Afaq in English] Unbelievable.
-[woman in French] Please welcome... -[in English] That's me.
...Afaq Mahmoud.
[audience applauds]
Several weeks ago,
my cousin was murdered.
When I was younger,
I almost was too.
I watched my village... become a nightmare
I could not wake from.
I've seen bodies thrown into the river...
because we dared to ask for the freedom to learn,
because we still ask.
When we talk about access to education,
we must talk about safety too.
I think of all the brilliant girls without access to education,
and all the good they could have done.
Changing the world means protecting vulnerable people.
Protecting the world's most vulnerable people
means investing in educating girls.
It means school should be the one place you can focus on your education
without fearing for your life.
It means when the punishment for wanting a good life
is to lose it in a river,
no good person can be silent.
Thank you.
[audience applauds]
[imperceptible]
The original performers of "Solidarité" gave their rights to the UNICEF
as well as to Mara, Panmela, Afaq, Broulaye, Tamara.
Afaq continues to take photographs and write militant poetry.
She wants to organize an exhibition in the US,
about refugees and those who had to flee misery and war.
Mara and "The Big Challenge" are still in a difficult situation.
The association is working to develop itself with alternative financing
in order to continue its work
with the hundreds of migrants living in the streets of Paris.
Ashoka helped Panmela and her association "Rede Nami"
to find part of the funds necessary to expand their graffiti school.
The organization now welcomes a hundred women every year,
all hailing from the poor neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro.
Broulaye and the members of "AMPA" received the glasses they needed
and now know how to produce sunscreen.
The association intends to acquire sewing machines
to give the albinos a trade and a means to earn their living.
Tamara and the association "Chinois de France - Français de Chine"
devote themselves to legal help. They helped Sonjian.
The trial against the murder of his father made history:
it was the first time
a jury recognized racism as an aggravating factor
in a crime against a member of the Asian community.
The community of the mutual help app Indigo
participated in the filming of the video clip of "Solidarité."
Every day, thousands of people
use the app to donate items and help each other.
To all associations, activists and citizens who work for the common good.
And to all those who will join them tomorrow.
Our lives are all intertwined.
Modern societies will be united, or they won't be.
More than ever...
["Solidarité" playing]