Dopo il viaggio incendiario di This Is Not America, Gregory Ohrel si sposta nell’Africa di Fatoumata Diawara, artista maliana qui in duetto con Damon Albarn. Il videoclip di Nsera (che significa “destinazione” nella lingua bambara), girato in Senegal, è un esuberante viaggio cromatico che tra acconciature estreme e styling da capogiro accenna a temi politici e attuali che insaguinano il continente e non solo.
Si va dal colonialismo all’immigrazione, dall’inquinamento ai bambini soldato passando per il mondiale di calcio (un pallone insaguinato con su scritto “WC 2022”): Nsera denuncia chiaramente questi soprusi e violenze, opponendovi però l’inguaribile ottimismo dei colori sgargianti, che brillano anche nel fango. Non a caso il video si chiude con una nota di speranza, mostrandoci un bambino avanzare nell’oscurità con una piccola fiammella.
Credits
Director : Gregory OHREL
Production : Pelican Paris
Producer : Laure MASSÉ
Line producer : Deye DIEME
Production officer : Marion HOUÉE
Production assistant : Joséphine DERNONCOURT
DOP : Duarte DOMINGOS
Steadycamer : Nadym BEN BAKAR
Set designer : Anaïs PROFIT
Stylist : Dabby NAVAL
Stylist assistant : Maëva MALLIER
Stylist assistant : Charline LUI
Stylist assistant : Sarah ZEMOUR
SAN FRANCISCO SHOOT :
DOP : Estevan PADILLA
SENEGAL SHOOT :
Producer : Jeanne GAY
Executive production : TIMIS
Executive producer : Romain LUCCHINI
Line producer : Abdoulaye Fadel KANE
Producer assistant : Abdoulaye NGUER
1st AD : Abdou KHADIR NDIAYE
2nd AD/Casting : Peter AYIVOR
1st AC : Loic HOQUET
2nd AC : Mohamed NDIAYE
3rd AC : Alioune FALL
DIT : Pape SEYDOU DIOUF
Key gaffer : Pape SARR
Gaffer : Tapha SARR
Gaffer : Modou DOUMBIA
Set designer : Omar SALL
1st designer assistant : Moussa DIÈNE
2nd designer assistant : Siradji SOW
Painter : Elhadj KANE
Stylist : Adama DIOP
Stylist : Lamine NDIAYE
Costume designer : Momo CISSÉ
Make up artist / Hair artist : Marieme NGOM
Make up assistant : Mado
Make up assistant : Ndeye DIAHOU MARONE
Making-of : Florencis GENÈSE
Set photographer : Prince NKOUKA BIZENGA
Ballet choreographer : Mariame NIOX
Basket/Jelly choreographer : Peter AYIVOR
Location manager : Ibou COLY
Location manager assistant : Ibrahima DJARAF SALL
Location manager assistant : Lamine DOUCOURÉ
Location manager assistant : Samba Pierre DIATTA
Location manager assistant : Bacary MAREGA
Driver : Alpha BARRY
Driver : Ousmane DIATTA
Driver : Lamine BADJI
Driver : Wally DIOUF
Driver : Seydou DOUMBIA
Fixer : Babacar SALL
Fixer : Amadou DIOP
Fixer : Cheik SECK
Editing : Tony HOREL
Grading : Company3 – Matthieu TOULLET
VFX : Mélissa ROUSSILHE & Hugo GUERRERO
Casting :
Oumou KALSOUM NDIAYE, Ndeye BURI, Doudou SAGNA, Jeano, Philippe MENDY,
Assane, Paul, Jule, Zeuss, Amadou, Xavier, Amy SÉNE, Awa DIAWARA, Dona, Patricia,
Ibrahima SANOKHO, Tamsir LO, Idy LO, Abdou, Sidi, Octave, Lamine, Prince NKOUKA
BIZENGA, Efosa, Oumy, Alun BE, Ouly, Diarra, Alimatou, Adama, Awa, Khoudia, Ablaye
KÂ, Manuella, Maéva, Yoléne, Ouly, Maya, Khoudia, Katy, Binta, Juliette, Sophia, Amina,
Maty, Yacine, Sérafine, Didi ASHLEY, Aliou BADIOU DIEDHOU, Ousmane BODIAN,
Lassana, Bacari MAREGA, Hamdy MOUSTAPHA KEITA, Francis GEORGE BAMPOKY,
Abdoul AZIZ SALL, Aldiouma BA, Siradji SOW.
SPECIAL THANKS TO
DAMON ALBARN, Montuno, Selly RABY KANE, Momo CISSÉ, Faïëz FKONCEPT, Kente GENTLEMEN,
Hippolyte GILABERT, Alun BE, ISSEY MIYAKE, TOTEM FASHION, STATION SERVICE,
OMAR VICTOR DIOP, PRINCE GYASI.