Leïla Sy


Leïla Sy, 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.
After attending the arts school Penninghen, 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.
In 2005, she founded, along with Joeystarr whom she is in a relationship with, 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.
Since 2016, she has created music videos for rapper Kerry James such as "Musique nègre", 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

Documentary

  • 2011 : ''Rîmes et Châtiments''

Music videos

List is not exhaustive

Awareness campaign