Julius-Amédé Laou

Movies

La vieille quimboiseuse et le majordome
Director
An old couple, Eugenie and Armand, have been living in Paris since 1921 part of the wave of post-war immigration from Martinique. Eugenie, a former dancer with Josephine Baker's Black Revue has become a professional quimboiseuse (practising black magic) for a white clientele. Armand who had been a servant is retired. Now they are both old and bitter and still quarreling with each other. One day they set out, arm-in-arm for a last promenade in the metropolis.
Mélodie de brumes à Paris
Director
Richard, a West Indian man in his forties, remembers "his war" in Algeria. More than twenty years later, he still carries internal trauma.
Open Mic Solitaire
Director
Julius-Amédée Laou's Open Mic Solitaire is about a Black Parisian who hijacks a radio station after his brother is murdered by racists.
Open Mic Solitaire
Story
Julius-Amédée Laou's Open Mic Solitaire is about a Black Parisian who hijacks a radio station after his brother is murdered by racists.