Construction

  • Permis de Construire
Genre : Experimental
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv, Architecture
Year of production : 2008
Format : Short
Running time : 11 (in minutes)

In March 2005, 4 run-down buildings were demolished at 52-58 rue Myrha as part of a vast programme to rehabilitate the Goutte d'Or district in north Paris. One year later, work started to rebuild 21 social housing flats on the same site.
"Permis de Construire" uses photos, off-screen commentaries, and sound effects to capture the renovation process and to explore the issues surrounding it.
An experimental documentary testifying to the evolution of one of the French capital's last remaining predominantly immigrant, poor neighbourhoods.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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