The title »THE WORLD OF TOMORROW« sounds like science fiction, but from the audience's point of view, it seems like a response to the »no future« of the British punk movement. In the late 1970s, Daniel Bigeault, still not of legal age, traveled to the United States. The Frenchman collects funk and soul records and hopes to one day work as a disc jockey. His interest in music led him to the first hip-hop parties. Hip hop is more than a style of music.
A subculture of dance, poetry, art, fashion, born in black neighborhoods. Bigeault is one of the first to bring the phenomenon to France and establish it, not without effort and sacrifice. He works as a DJ and radio host, paid poorly or not at all, throws parties and produces his first album. At the same time, suburban youth, many with an immigrant background, are discovering rap as a means of expression. Against exclusion, racism, police violence. Right-wing populist Le Pen collects votes, migrants die in police custody. Material for the crisp lyrics of aspiring rappers Didier Morville aka Kool Shen and Bruno Lopes aka Joey Starr who become millionaires under the group name Suprême NTM.
Creators: Hélier Cisterne, David Elkaïm, Vincent Poymiro
Stars: Anthony Bajon, Melvin Boomer, Andranic Manet
The team of authors, essentially Hélier Cisterne, Vincent Poymiro, David Elkaïm, Katell Quillévéré, tells this story, with the usual minor changes, dramaturgically necessary, historically accurate and extremely authentic. Documentary material is occasionally used. The performances are remarkable.
Katell Quillévéré, who has already appeared in several feature films, sets the stage realistically and downright ferocious. The series lacks the usual patterns of movie biographies of musicians: discovery, rise, arrogance, fall, reconciliation. Heroes are not model children. Paint cans and vinyl records are stolen, drugs are dealt and stolen. Even when the first signs of success became apparent, Didier, the highly talented lyricist, remained recalcitrant and unpredictable with his friends. Being brutally beaten by his single father has had a lifelong effect.
The series ends with the recording of the first NTM album and an offer to Bigeault to remix some of the tracks by star Mylène Farmer. He maintains his integrity and refuses. Later, according to his own ideas, he will work alongside renowned musicians such as Maceo Parker, Les Rita Mitsouko and the Beastie Boys.
The role of women in the development of French hip-hop is not hidden, it is even expressly highlighted in the credits, namely the choreographer Virginie Sullée alias Lady-V, who died in an accident in 2000. She is also a rapper, but without the success of her male colleagues. In its early days, hip-hop was dominated by men. If women dared to take the stage as rappers, they were yelled at.
The story also includes Nina Hagen, found in the entourage of Jean Paul Gaultier in 1989, who gives Supreme NTM its first TV appearance.
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