Ten stories of international athletes who have shown the world that Some of Us can also fight for ideals, stand up for what is right, and face up to the world where white able-bodied heterosexuals are the norm.
Some of Us is an animated documentary series which tells ten stories of international athletes facing discrimination on the basis of origin, gender, sexual orientation ... Women, men – and also an intersex person – young people, and less young, athletes of today and of yesterday, of different nationalities, all disciplines combined. The diversity we are aiming for is important because it shows the extent of the issue and is also a guarantee of international potential. To deal with the unspeakable, we mainly use animation that mixes real-image with archive footage. The result is atypical, beautiful, evocative and engaging films with an immediate social impact.
Director
Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo
Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo graduated from the Émile-Cohl school. In 2008, his film, Le cœur est un métronome, a choreography between a father and his son, won the Best First Film Award at the Hiroshima Festival. In 2014, Le sens du toucher combined the aesthetics of dance and the language of signs. It has distinguished itself with around twenty international prizes. In 2020, Make it Soul, the story of James Brown and Solomon Burke, was nominated for the César for best animated short film.
courrier@bachibouzouk.net
Producer
Laurent Duret
After many years of producing documentaries and interactive projects for various companies including Les Films d’Ici, Laurent Duret founded his own company, Bachibouzouk, in 2015. It produces high-quality documentary programmes, experiments with innovative narrative forms and is driven above all by a desire to venture out into the world, with a smile on our faces and curiosity in our hearts, to understand it better.
laurent@bachibouzouk.net
Country of production
France
Target audience
young adults, adults
Animation Technique
2D
Production company
Bachibouzouk
