I studied philosophy and sociology, which provided me with a gateway to reflecting on the issues raised by the representation of reality. Ultimately, documentary film is the language I chose to question my era. In 2005, I co-founded the association La Troisième Porte à Gauche (The Third Door on the Left) in Bordeaux with the aim of finding associative pathways for the production and distribution of documentary films. Within this structure, I co-directed several short and feature-length documentaries with Adrien Camus: Bordeaux-Nouakchott (2005); Lui, m’appelle Kéba (He Calls Me Kéba) (2011); Jikoo. La chose espoire (Jikoo. The Hopeful Thing) (2014); Parti pris (Taking Sides) (2016). I also participated in the creation and organization of the Passager du réel (Passenger of Reality) festival, which helped establish La Troisième Porte à Gauche as a key player in the distribution of documentary film in Bordeaux. In collaboration with the artist Olivier Crouzel, we explored ways to take films out of cinemas and create site-specific performance screenings, placed as close as possible to local residents. We conducted two editions in the Landes and Médoc regions.
For several years, I have taught screenwriting at the anthropology department in Bordeaux, at the third-year undergraduate and first-year master’s levels, where I work with students to explore a sensitive anthropology. I contribute to the discussions held by the seminar “It’s Not Very Academic ” which explores the question of open science and approaches oriented towards society. I am also involved in the production of research films in France and abroad.