Leïla Sy

Leïla Sy (born Leïla Dixmier; 30 June 1977), is a French director and activist. She is known for her work with rapper Kery James, including co-directing the film Street Flow.

Biography Leïla Sy was born Leïla Dixmier on June 30, 1977 to a French mother and Senegalese father. she began her career in French hip hop in the press: first working at Track List, she later became the artistic director of the French version of The Source. the organization Devoirs de mémoires. Sy serves as the organization's president. In 2017, Sy was named a member of the public interest group creating the Fondation pour la mémoire de l'esclavage (Foundation for the memory of slavery).

Since 2016, she has created music videos for rapper Kerry James such as "Musique nègre" ("Black Music"), for whom she is the artistic director. They created their first feature film in 2019, Street Flow, with a script written by the rapper and directed by James and Sy. The film was released on Netflix in October, 2019.

Filmography

Fiction

2019 : Je t'aim3, épisode Entre chien et Lou (court métrage) with Vald (rapper) 2019 : Street Flow, with Kery James 2023 : Yo Mama, with Amadou Mariko 2023 : Street Flow 2, with Kery James

Documentary

2011 : Rîmes et Châtiments

Music videos List is not exhaustive

2009 : Je représente by Kery James 2009 : Le Retour du rap français by Kery James 2012 : Heart Stop by Wax Tailor, co-directed by Mathieu Foucher 2012 : Lettre à la République by Kery James, directed by Mathieu Foucher 2012 : Dernier MC by Kery James 2013 : Constat amer by Kery James 2013 : À l'horizon by Kery James ft. Corneille 2013 : Mystère féminin by Kery James ft. Imany 2013 : Contre nous by Kery James ft. Youssoupha & Médine, directed by Kub&Cristo 2013 : Post Scriptum by Kery James 2014 : Paris by Tunisiano 2014 : Bolchoï by Soviet Suprem 2016 : Vivre ou mourir ensemble by Kery James 2016 : N'importe quoi by Kery James 2016 : Racailles by Kery James 2016 : Musique nègre by Kery James ft. Lino & Youssoupha 2016 : J'suis pas un héros by Kery James 2016 : Game of Bells by LEJ 2016 : Le Prix by Rockin' Squat 2018 : PDM by Kery James 2018 : J'rap encore by Kery James 2018 : Amal by Kery James 2018 : Sur le drapeau by 93 Empire (Suprême NTM x Sofiane) 2018 : À la Ideal J by Kery James 2018 : Le jour où j'arrêterai le rap by Kery James 2018 : Woah by 93 Empire (Sofiane, Vald, Soolking, Sadek, Mac Tyer, Heuss l'Enfoiré, Kalash Criminel) 2018 : Rêves de gamin by Nassi 2019 : Khapta by Heuss l'Enfoiré ft. Sofiane 2019 : À qui la faute by Kery James ft. Orelsan 2019 : Les Yeux mouillés by Kery James ft. Youssoupha 2019 : Le Mélancolique by Kery James (réalisé avec Julien Faustino) 2020 : Calumet by Hornet La Frappe 2020 : Blues by Kery James ft. Féfé 2020 : Lundi méchant by Gaël Faye 2020 : Outro by Lyna Mahyem 2020 : Control by Bilal Hassani 2021 : Le Goût de vivre by Kery James 2021 : Boomer by Gaël Faye

Awareness campaign

2016 : for the Centre Primo Levi