Louise Bernard, with Alexis Patri
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Mélanie Georgiades, who revolutionized French rap in the 2000s on the stage name Diam’s, had been almost absent from artistic and media life for more than ten years. She engages in a documentary that she wrote and co-directed for Brut X, entitled “Salam”, presented in preview at the Cannes festival.
With his second album raw woman, Diam’s had, in 2013, upset the landscape of rap, and more broadly of French music. A third and a fourth album later, the artist withdrew from a public life that continued to scrutinize his every move. After more than ten years of almost total absence, Mélanie Georgiades (her real name) decides to tell her story in a documentary entitled Hello. A feature film that she wrote and co-directed for the Brut X streaming platform, which will premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
“The story of Diam’s, which can echo the story of so many people”
In a message posted on Instagram, Diam’s specifies the themes that will be discussed: “My depression, my suffering, my quest, my rebirth”, she writes. The artist also justifies in this text her choice to finally confide, after having been very often asked to tell her story. “I was touched that people were interested in my career, but it was impossible for me to let strangers speak for me. So I took up the pen again. The one with which I have always liked to indulge myself ”, she explains.
“There is certainly the story of Diam’s behind the woman I am today, but it is also a human story, and a quest that can echo the story of so many people who wonder how to find the inner peace as they are lost in the maze of life,” she adds.
The documentary Hello was co-directed by Houda Benyamina and Anne Cissé and will be available on the Brut X platform.