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Maxime Jean-Baptiste

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Maxime Jean-Baptiste

Maxime Jean-Baptiste is a filmmaker based between Brussels and Paris. He was born and raised in the context of the Guyanese and Antillean diaspora diaspora in France, to a French mother and a Guyanese father. His interest as an artist is to dig inside the complexity of Western colonial history by detecting the survival of traumas from the past in the present. His audiovisual and performance work i…

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Listen to the VoicesListen to the Voices · 2025
Listen to the Voices
★ 5.52025
MovieDramaMusic
Melrick is an unruly young boy who spends his summer in French Guiana at his grandmother's house to escape his turbulent daily life in Stains, France. At the end of his stay, he plays the drum to revive the memory of his late uncle, Lucas Diomar, who died in tragic circumstances. Despite a wave of murders of young men shaking the headlines, Melrick becomes aware of his place in a family destroyed by irreparable grief.
Moune ÔMoune Ô · 2022
Moune Ô
★ 6.02022
MovieDocumentary
Maxime Jean-Baptiste continues the research he started in "Nou Voix" (2018) concerning colonial memory, the Guyanese diaspora, and the staging of Black bodies. By questioning how “official” narratives are constructed, the film "Moune Ô" encourages a shift in perspective regarding the link between colonisation and extractivism.
Rio Remains BeautifulRio Remains Beautiful · 2025
Rio Remains Beautiful
2025
MovieDocumentary
Within the revelry of Rio's Carnival, Ilma writes to her son. How does she sense his presence in the crowd?
Listen to the Beat of Our ImagesListen to the Beat of Our Images · 2021
Listen to the Beat of Our Images
★ 6.02021
MovieDocumentary
In 1961, France established its space-center in Kourou, French Guiana, expropriating local Guianese. Field investigation meets archival video to empower a silenced population.
Nou VoixNou Voix · 2018
Nou Voix
★ 5.02018
MovieDocumentary
Nou Voix is an autobiographical video departing from the participation of Maxime’s father, as a Guyanese figurant in the movie Jean Galmot aventurier (1990), which deals with the history of French Guiana. By re-enacting a part of the film, Maxime and his father try to amplify other kinds of voices.
The King Is Not My CousinThe King Is Not My Cousin · 2022
The King Is Not My Cousin
2022
MovieDocumentary
Author of "Sunny Karukera, stranded Guadeloupe" (1980), Elzéa De Aventurin indulges, in 2017, in a series of interviews with her granddaughter. Together they trace, not without malice, a family history, sailing from one end of the black Atlantic to the other. A story for lack of silences, pride and revolt.

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