Manman Chadwon
︙Gwladys Gambie
Still ƒrom MANMAN CHADWON
embodied by Gwladys Gambie
embodied by Gwladys Gambie
Manman Chadwon — a hymn to fantastical femininity, to life, to freedom, and to metamorphosis — at once intimate and revolutionary, it is a sensorial chant, a dreamlike reflection on the feminine condition within a destructive male world.
A poetic journey tracing the red, thorn-clad silhouette oƒ a mythological being who, from birth to her quest ƒor liberation, transforms through the places she traverses. Does she truly exist — or is she a mirage, a legend murmured by those who believe they’ve seen her?
〜Gwladys Gambie
Above is the soundscape I made ƒor MANMAN CHADWON, Gwladys Gambie’s film, presented here without her vocals~poem.
Synopsis
"Some people talked about her without ever having seen her". A poetic wandering where we follow the red silhouette topped with thorns oƒ Manman Chadwon, a mythological female creature who, ƒrom her birth to her quest ƒor freedom, transform throughout the places she explores. Does it really exist or is it a mirage, a legend that those who thought they saw it perpetuate?
— Gwladys Gambie
"Some people talked about her without ever having seen her". A poetic wandering where we follow the red silhouette topped with thorns oƒ Manman Chadwon, a mythological female creature who, ƒrom her birth to her quest ƒor freedom, transform throughout the places she explores. Does it really exist or is it a mirage, a legend that those who thought they saw it perpetuate?
— Gwladys Gambie
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Gwladys Gambie invited me to co-create her first film about Manman Chadwon. Contributing to such a precious and ambitious project was both a huge challenge and a true joy — to create freely, first with a team oƒ around ten people on set, then later in solitude, immersed in Gwladys’s universe, shaping sound and visual atmospheres that echo the many metamorphoses oƒ Manman Chadwon, whom she embodied with sublime depth.
Gwladys Gambie invited me to co-create her first film about Manman Chadwon. Contributing to such a precious and ambitious project was both a huge challenge and a true joy — to create freely, first with a team oƒ around ten people on set, then later in solitude, immersed in Gwladys’s universe, shaping sound and visual atmospheres that echo the many metamorphoses oƒ Manman Chadwon, whom she embodied with sublime depth.
Diffusions
• FemXposition, Femstival ° Paris — 2025
• Decolonial Film Festival ° Paris — 2025
• Ẅ XOOL Festival ° Aubervilliers — 2024
• Off de la Biennale de Dakar ° Dakar — 2024
• Ojos Caribe, AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum ° New York — 2024
• Un champs d’îles ° Marseille — 2024
• Biennale Transnationale Noire Af-flux ° Montréal — 2023
• Ciné Martinique Festival ° Foyal — 2023
• Studio Lumina ° Foyal — 2023
• Mondes Nouveaux, Paris Art School ° Paris — 2023
• Mofwazé, Gwladys Gambie Exhibition ° St-Esprit — 2022
• FemXposition, Femstival ° Paris — 2025
• Decolonial Film Festival ° Paris — 2025
• Ẅ XOOL Festival ° Aubervilliers — 2024
• Off de la Biennale de Dakar ° Dakar — 2024
• Ojos Caribe, AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum ° New York — 2024
• Un champs d’îles ° Marseille — 2024
• Biennale Transnationale Noire Af-flux ° Montréal — 2023
• Ciné Martinique Festival ° Foyal — 2023
• Studio Lumina ° Foyal — 2023
• Mondes Nouveaux, Paris Art School ° Paris — 2023
• Mofwazé, Gwladys Gambie Exhibition ° St-Esprit — 2022
Specifications
media: soundscape, video
genre: experimental, mythology
dimension: 4:3
duration: 10 minutes
space: Martinique
time: 2022
media: soundscape, video
genre: experimental, mythology
dimension: 4:3
duration: 10 minutes
space: Martinique
time: 2022
Credits
drawings, poem, scenario, performance: Gwladys Gambie
direction, music, animation, audio~video editing: Klēlo
costume: Gwladys Gambie, R.A.A.P Caraïbes, Michel Pétris
make up: Axelle Biget
assistants: Shamika Germain, Aurore Nerau
régie: R.A.A.P Caraïbes
production: Vivanto / Mondes Nouveaux
thanks to R.A.A.P Caraïbes, Mazarin, W.I.N.D, Simone Lagrand, Pauline Bonnet, Mylène Émica, Lucie Ducteil, Gabourg, Patrick Martial and Pauline Cabidoche.
drawings, poem, scenario, performance: Gwladys Gambie
direction, music, animation, audio~video editing: Klēlo
costume: Gwladys Gambie, R.A.A.P Caraïbes, Michel Pétris
make up: Axelle Biget
assistants: Shamika Germain, Aurore Nerau
régie: R.A.A.P Caraïbes
production: Vivanto / Mondes Nouveaux
thanks to R.A.A.P Caraïbes, Mazarin, W.I.N.D, Simone Lagrand, Pauline Bonnet, Mylène Émica, Lucie Ducteil, Gabourg, Patrick Martial and Pauline Cabidoche.
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