In 1995, the film "La Haine" (M. Kassovitz) depicted the harsh reality of the French suburbs characterised by social exclusion, racism, police abuse and riots. 19 years later, the script is repeated, but this time the cinema gives way to the chronicle. On 27 June 2023, young Nahel is killed during a police check in Nanterre (near Paris). It is yet another in a long series that never seems to end. Two days later, a peaceful march organised by the young man's family degenerates into a riot that will affect the whole country for almost a week. This work relates that afternoon when it all began.
Alfonso Pinto (1983) is a geographer, documentary filmmaker and photographer. Born and raised in Italy, in 2011 he moved to France where he obtained a P.h.D. in geography and visual studies. From 2018 to 2022 he was researcher and cultural mediator at the Ecole Urbaine de Lyon where he dealt with the aesthetics, imaginaries and experiences of the Anthropocene. Author of numerous scientific and popular articles, in 2022 he published his first essay on industrial catastrophes. Together with François Xavier Destors he made the documentary Toxicily (2023).
