Besançon: with "window on planoise", director Myriam Kebani gives voice to the inhabitants of the district of her childhood
Director Myriam Kebani grew up in Planoise.She returned to her neighborhood for a documentary entitled """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""window on planoise"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""".For a year and a half, she collected the word of the inhabitants of this district who feel too little listened to and too little considered.She tells us.
Myriam Kebani is journalist and reporter of reporting and documentaries for TF1, M6 and France Télévisions.In recent years, she has produced reports for """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""66 minutes"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" and """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""prohibited zone"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""", the most recent on LIP and the disappeared companies then resurrected for the program """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Grande reports"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""".She is also the author of the book """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Building her network for dummies"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""".
She grew up in Planoise and left her neighborhood at the age of 18 to follow her studies, first in the hotel industry, then in journalism.The now Parisian keeps a very good memory of the city of her childhood: """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Solidarity, mutual aid, sharing, altruism, generosity, all these values come from my neighborhood, I have not learned them by leavingof the neighborhood, quite the contrary.""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
En 2020, voyant Planoise faire une nouvelle fois la Une de l’actualité pour des faits divers, elle décide d’y retourner avec sa caméra pour donner la parole aux habitants : """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""J’ai grandi à Planoise, je suis déchirée par ce feu qui brûle le quartier de mon enfance, je veux y retourner, poser ma caméra dans les appartements, au cœur des familles.Meet those who fight to revive this neighborhood.""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
She finds Nadia there, whom she has not seen for 30 years.Nadia, now married and mother of four, remained living in Planoise.She knows the neighborhood well and fights every day to improve the life of Poleoisiens, especially through the Planoise Valley association.
Rodeos and drug trafficking are part of the life of the neighborhood, Myriam talks about it in her film.By realizing this documentary, his goal was to sublimate his neighborhood without denying reality. Comme le dit Samy, 13 ans, en admirant la vue depuis sa fenêtre : """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Regarde comme c’est beau, c’est pas plat, c’est pas une vue claquée au sol ! C’est pas New York, mais c’est beau.""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
There are a lot of services in Planoise, the hospital, the swimming pool, the intermarché, the doctors, but the first thing that is missing according to Myriam is consideration.She explains to us that the inhabitants must be involved in the decisions concerning Planoise.The latter are not all connected to the web, you have to go to the field, and not only during the elections.
The district is the subject of a new urban renewal program which is spread over 10 years, between 2019 and 2029. Et quand nous demandons à Myriam ce qui pourrait aider les Planoisiens, elle évoque la possibilité de les faire participer à la transformation du quartier : """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Si j’ai un appel à faire, le voici : il y a un plan de transformation de 10 ans, pourquoi ne pas former des jeunes au développement durable, à l’écologie, à devenir paysagiste, tout ce qui tourne autour de l’écologie pour qu’ils soient partie prenante dans la transformation de Planoise.Since they love their neighborhood so much, make them participate and work in this Planoise transformation.""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
The documentary also deals with the issue of employment, a difficult subject as in many neighborhoods where unemployment is very important, especially among young people.According to the director, the big work to be done concerns 12-25 year olds and employment, it is essential. """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Si on ne s’occupe pas du décrochage scolaire des 14-15 ans, on n’y arrivera pas.They just need a outstretched hand.""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""Fenêtre sur Planoise"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""", le documentaire de Myriam Kebani a été diffusé le 27 janvier 2022 à 22h55 sur France 3 Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.It is available in replay for a month on France.TV.