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maneeyansf · 2 years ago
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Hawa (2022)
Je viens de finir ce film, c'Ă©tait magique.
Les musiques sont magnifiques, le film est tellement intime, je me suis fait prendre par l'histoire.
Si vous aimez les enfants qui savent ce qu'ils veulent... Une perle de bienveillance et d'Ă©motion
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baixueagain · 4 years ago
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It doesn't matter who the fuck made that movie. It's still exploiting little girls into what is essentially softcore porn. There is a way to talk about the oversexualization of children and that movie fucking failed on every account.
your ignorant ass is showing, anon, try reading sometime.
https://decider.com/2020/08/20/cuties-netflix-controversy-summary-review/
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sleepynegress · 4 years ago
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Posting this because I have seen this film and while it is tough to get through at points and shocking, it was obviously filmed with sensitivity to the young players and the message *is* on-point. Also, MaĂŻmouna Doucouré has been viciously attacked and harassed for weeks. To point where she was driven off social media. No one who is participating has stopped to look around to see who is *so glad* to have them (especially progressive black women) do this to this first time African-Muslim filmmaker (also impressively, a biologist/scientist). They haven't stopped to wonder why in all the #AllLivesMatter nonsense, suddenly these alt-right people are suddenly all about “protecting” this little black girl (psst! it's concern trolling, with the happy(!) consequence of derailing this black woman's film career). Watch this video. MAN... This is the one time I hope a person is blacklisted for a job-flub. The person who mis-advertised this film for Netflix, definitely needs to be.
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rosesmith18 · 4 years ago
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Cuties Movie
Okay, for starters no I have not watched this movie, and I do not plan to. I have, however watched/read some reviews and get the gist. The point of me making this post is to say something that I would say to the creator if I had her email.
(Now, I’m not saying harass her or anything cause I’m pretty sure that’s illegal, and I don’t want anyone going to jail.)
First the basics, what made this woman(MaĂŻmouna DoucourĂ©) think that anyone was going to sit back and let child actors be sexualized to spread a message?! When you make movies spreading messages about how rape is a prominent issue that should be taken seriously you don’t actually have the actors get raped! It’s implied, because you known, it is ILLEGAL to rape someone for ANY REASON! They don’t use teenage actors in shows like Glee for a reason, because in that show the teens might be in more provocative or dangerous situations that aren’t appropriate for real teens. 
This sexualization of children bothers me for multiple reasons. One, those actors don’t know any better than actually young girls, just cause their actors doesn’t mean their more mature. Secondly, one of the biggest problems in the acting industry is the sexual abuse female, male, young & older actors endure. For all anyone knows these young female actresses could be victims of the industries sexual abuse. Thirdly, the trauma these sexual experiences will leave on them is real. It’s been proven time & time again that just watching someone be sexual harassed can cause ptsd in people for years. It doesn’t matter how many times these girls are told the sexualization is fake, just an act. It is still very likely to leave a mental affect on them. That fear the actress feels when she runs off stay in the movie is likely more real than any of the coaches, actors, producers, etc know. Lastly, if any parents gets the bright idea to actually show this to their child in hopes it will teach them to not sexualize themselves. They risk traumatizing their child, and/or teaching them the opposite. 
This movie has a rating 18+ plus for a reason. The people who rated this movie were aware that is was too sexual for children which should have been a huge red flag for it’s creators. This is ignoring the stupidly obvious problems; The camera’s being too close to the girls crotches, the club bouncers who showed actual interest in the main character when she twerks, the man in the audience during the dance competition who also shows interest. The fact that this movie is so openly available to PEDO’S! Who will no doubt watch it for sick, twisted reasons. 
I even have to say the biggest risk of this movie is a pedo parent, uncle, cousin, babysitter, etc showing this to a kid in hopes of teaching them to act like the unaware, young girls. Anyone could be a pedo as sad as it sounds, and they use these pieces of media to instill their ideals into children. They can completely cut out the parts that claim this type of behavior is inappropriate for kids, and just show the child the characters in the movie naively having fun, being encouraged, etc to do these sexual things.
None of this had to happen to make the creators point. She could have implied the behavior the girls were partaking in. A person on youtube made a great point that during the dancing competitions you could have just showed the girls faces, and the audiences reactions. The movie industry uses these tactics during sex scenes, action scenes, horror scenes, and even dance scenes all the time to avoid having to shoot difficult angles or making the movie open to younger viewers. The creator could have made this a book if she felt the scenes truly important with a book she wouldn’t have made several child actresses the targets of pedophilia driven viewers, even possible pedo stalkers.
As someone who has been sexualized by her father & step-father I have struggled with my sexual image for years, and all this movie has done is made me fear for tons of little girls, especially the actresses. I know from experience exactly what pedophiles will do with this movie, they will take these little girls, and idolize them as the sex toys they wish all little boys & girls would be like. They’ll harass these actresses online and in real life for years to come.
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empressofkalumina · 4 years ago
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thousurroundingverdure · 4 years ago
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crazycoke-addict · 4 years ago
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Cuties is a film that shows the hypersexualisation of young girls and the danger of internet culture. It's a movie that supposed to make you uncomfortable and start a conversation to your child on what they shouldn't post on the internet. Not only that but private your kids social media and even their devices. I find it ironic the movie is being seen as a negative light by right-wingers despite the fact they defend child predators like Donald Trump and Roy Moore. By posting clips of movie where the girls are dancing the way they shouldn't be dancing on the internet where pedophiles and child predators have access access is what the movie was trying to make when it comes to dangers of internet culture.
There are some movies who shown disturbing elements but the point is to find the meaning behind it especially the characters themselves. For example movie called 'Kids' which is about two teenage boys where one of them has a goal to sleep every virgin. We may know or heard a guy like that takes advantage of girls due to their innocence and naivety to get what they want. Another movie that is very controversial is A Serbian Film. A Youtuber called Spookyastronauts made a video where discussed view and what she believe the message if you ignore disturbing elements that A serbian Film puts in. In the video, she says that the main character (Milo) whose a former porn star has a complicated relationship with everyone around him. His son is exposed to mature themes at a very young age. His brother is jealous and screwed up. And even his wife who is seen as the most strongest character of the film, his relationship with her and his complicated ends in her demise. You could also say the controversial parts of film shows the snuff films are a real thing that could be hidden in deep into the internet but because it’s hard what is real and what is just fictional. There isn’t many arrests on people making snuff films. There’s a few but not a lot. It’s really sad to think that someone is being tortured for someone’s pleasure, it gets uploaded and there are people who probably think it’s a fictional movie that someone decided to make.
Whether disturbing films is categorized as 'Horror' or even 'Drama'. Majority of them intend to have a meaning and a conversation that needs to be discussed.
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floatingbook · 4 years ago
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Conclusions personnelles
- Visionnage: Mignonnes de Maïmouna Doucouré
J’ai Ă©tĂ© voir Mignonnes au cinĂ©ma parce que la description qui en circulait sur ce site Ă©tait aux antipodes de la façon dont j’avais vu la rĂ©alisatrice en parler. Je ne regrette pas de l’avoir vu.
D’abord, parce que Mignonnes est un film plein de nuances. Il dĂ©borde d’expĂ©riences personnelles, avec une justesse de regard et une sensibilitĂ© qui suggĂšre calmement l’oppression et la souffrance que peut subir une prĂ©-adolescente qui grandit en France dans une famille issue de l’immigration. C’est un point de vue nouveau pour toute une part de la population française, un point de vue d’autant plus important qu’il donne la parole Ă  des expĂ©riences peu rĂ©pandues.
Le film n’est pas dans l’outrance en ce qui concerne la situation familiale, ou la religion. Tout est prĂ©sentĂ© du point de vue d’Aminata qui ne sait pas forcĂ©ment comment comprendre ou rĂ©agir Ă  ce qui se passe autour d’elle. Les personnages et les situations sont dĂ©crits de façon nuancĂ©e, dans leurs points nĂ©gatifs comme positifs, caractĂ©risĂ©s par une profondeur et un refus des stĂ©rĂ©otypes. Par exemple, la mĂšre d’Aminata, mĂšre quasi-cĂ©libataire maltraitĂ©e par son mari, n’est pas rĂ©duite Ă  une femme sans volontĂ© et incapable. Elle est entiĂšre dans sa douleur, mais aussi dans sa rĂ©solution de faire bonne figure, et elle n’impose pas Ă  sa fille de se sacrifier de la mĂȘme façon ou d’accepter un destin misogyne.
En ce qui concerne l’hypersexualisation, que ce film dĂ©nonce selon sa rĂ©alisatrice, le tableau est nettement plus mitigĂ©. Les scĂšnes reprĂ©sentĂ©es renvoient Ă  des comportements et des occurrences qui ont dĂ©jĂ  lieu dans la rĂ©alitĂ©. Des jeunes filles sont ainsi sexualisĂ©es par l’imitation de comportements dont elles ne comprennent pas la portĂ©e dĂ©lĂ©tĂšre. La rĂ©alisatrice a fait un travail de recherche sur le sujet pendant plus d’un an, aprĂšs avoir elle-mĂȘme observĂ© une telle hypersexualisation lors d’une soirĂ©e. Elle a interviewĂ© des centaines de prĂ©-adolescentes car le phĂ©nomĂšne lui semblait hautement critiquable et que cette critique n’avait pas assez de visibilitĂ© dans le paysage français. Toujours d’aprĂšs MaĂźmouna DoucourĂ©, les actrices Ă©taient volontaires, accompagnĂ©es sur le plateau de tournage par un psychologue (haha!) et par leurs parents, ainsi que par toute l’équipe du film. Parce que je ne n’ai pas vraiment foi en notre Ă©poque, je pense que les actrices s’en sortiront mieux que leurs paires malgrĂ© les images sexualisĂ©es d’elles qui ont Ă©tĂ© filmĂ©es, parce qu’elles ont participĂ© Ă  la rĂ©alisation du film et qu’elles ont Ă  prĂ©sent conscience du problĂšme. Toutes les prĂ©-adolescentes qui s’exposent ainsi sexuellement, en particulier sur les rĂ©seaux sociaux, n’ont pas conscience des consĂ©quences de leurs actes.
Il n’en reste pas moins que la façon dont le sujet de l’hypersexualisation a Ă©tĂ© traitĂ© dans ce film apparaĂźt comme un Ă©chec. MalgrĂ© un potentiel certain—la juxtaposition de rĂ©action enfantines et de comportements sexualisĂ©s qui soulignent leur caractĂšre saugrenu et dĂ©placĂ© pour des filles de leur Ăąge; la reprĂ©sentation de la dĂ©sapprobation des adultes; le rappel de la loi—le film Ă©choue parce qu’il est coupable d’exactement ce qu’il dĂ©nonçait. Les Mignonnes sont sexualisĂ©s et ces images sont mises Ă  la disposition des prĂ©dateurs sexuels.
Certes, le fait que des hommes s’emparent d’images d’enfants qu’ils considĂšrent comme sexuelles ne suffit pas Ă  considĂ©rer un film comme un Ă©chec. Les hommes sont notoirement pervers, et si on devait arrĂȘter de faire des choses parce que les hommes risquent de les dĂ©tourner, on resterait cloĂźtrĂ©es chez nous. Peut se poser en effet la question des scĂšnes Ă  la plage implicant des enfants—des petites filles en maillot peuvent facilement ĂȘtre sexualisĂ©e—ou mĂȘme de n’importe quelle scĂšne de danse faisant intervenir des filles—que ce soit de la danse classique ou non, les tenues impliquĂ©es sont souvent moulantes. De mĂȘme, la question de jusqu’oĂč pousser l’art est pertinente. MalgrĂ© les conventions censĂ©es protĂ©ger les droits des enfants, les impliquer sur des tournages de cinĂ©ma revient Ă  faire travailler des enfants. MalgrĂ© les autorisations parentales, les enfants n’ont pas de contrĂŽle sur leur propre image; comment gĂ©rer leurs regrets lorsqu’elles grandissent et rĂ©alisent ce qu’on leur Ă  fait faire? Devrait-on cesser totalement de faire jouer des enfants dans les films?
Se pose aussi la question de comment dĂ©noncer l’hypersexualisation des jeunes filles, parce que c’est un phĂ©nomĂšne de plus en plus prĂ©sent dont on parle trop peu. Ecrire des articles ou des livres n’implique pas forcĂ©ment de partager des images sexualisĂ©es d’enfants, mais se contenter d’un tel moyen de critique prend le risque d’ĂȘtre aride, de manquer encore une fois de visibilitĂ© quand au phĂ©nomĂšne qu’il dĂ©nonce, et de ne pas rĂ©ussir Ă  le cerner complĂštement, puisque c’est un phĂ©nomĂšne hautement visuel. Un documentaire Ă  la tĂ©lĂ©vision aurait peut-ĂȘtre Ă©tĂ© moins sexualisant, mais sa diffusion dans le foyer familial aurait risquĂ© la censure de la part des parents par exemple—ça n’arriverait jamais Ă  ma fille!—et aurait pu Ă©touffer une discussion nĂ©cessaire. Le choix d’un film sorti en cinĂ©mas est donc judicieux, parce qu’il permet une certaine intimitĂ© hors de la sphĂšre familiale qui peut ĂȘtre suffocante. Lors de la sĂ©ance Ă  laquelle j’ai assistĂ©, le public Ă©tait au trois-quarts fĂ©minins, avec de nombreux couples mĂšre-fille. La promotion du film en France Ă©tait axĂ©e sur la vision d’une expĂ©rience personnelle (celle de la rĂ©alisatrice) et sur la critique de l’hypersexualisation. En rĂ©ponse, le public Ă©tait plutĂŽt des jeunes filles et leurs parents. En revanche, la promotion aux Etats-Unis, par Netflix, Ă©tait elle axĂ©e sur une expĂ©rience de danse sexuelle par des petites filles, aucun doute donc que le film a Ă©tĂ© plĂ©biscitĂ© par les pĂ©dophiles.
Lors de mon visionnage en France, il ne fait aucun doute que le message sur les dangers de l’hypersexualisation est passĂ©. Le public, celui visĂ© par la rĂ©alisatrices (les jeunes filles qui peuvent ĂȘtre victimes d’hypersexualisation), Ă©tait inconfortable lors des scĂšnes de danse trĂšs sexuelles et d’objectification. En sortie de salle, les discussions Ă©taient animĂ©es. Si le but de ce film Ă©tait d’augmenter la visibilitĂ© du problĂšme, c’est chose faite. Au moins, on parle de l’hypersexualisation maintenant. Mais Ă  quel prix?
Parce qu’il demeure le problĂšme de savoir comment le film a pu louper le coche Ă  ce point et tomber dans l’hypersexualisation lui-mĂȘme, alors qu’il Ă©tait si prĂšs de rĂ©ussir. La rĂ©alisatrice a-t-elle voulu faire exactement ce qu’elle dĂ©nonce pour produire l’inconfort et la colĂšre chez tout spectateur avec une conscience? Sa vision a-t-elle Ă©tĂ© dĂ©formĂ©e par des influences mĂąles qui finançaient le projet? Je ne pense pas qu’on puisse totalement crucifier MaĂŻmouna DoucourĂ©, parce que son film reste extrĂȘmement intĂ©ressant pour sa vision de l’enfance issue de l’immigration en France, pour sa description d’une situation familiale compliquĂ©e, du rejet de l’autoritĂ© et des conventions avec l’adolescence, et du climat toxique qui peut exister en parallĂšle de l’adolescence. NĂ©anmoins, ces points positifs n’excusent pas tout. Elle aurait pu faire mieux, mais ce film n’est pas non plus une oeuvre pĂ©do-pornographique. En choisissant de simplement montrer sans vraiment imposer de conclusions Ă  tirer au spectateur, et non pas de critiquer ouvertement, MaĂŻmouna DoucourĂ© adopte une position qui se dĂ©fend mais avec laquelle je suis en dĂ©saccord: l’art fait toujours passer un message, et sur un sujet si important, le laisser ambigu est en soit une renonciation. Elle reste dans une dynamique de “les femmes (et les filles) devraient pouvoir faire ce qu’elles veulent”, donc dans une dynamique d’anti-fĂ©minisme libĂ©ral.
Extraits d’interview avec la rĂ©alisatrice pour Ă©clairer son point de vue personnel:
“En tant que rĂ©alisatrice, je me devais d’ĂȘtre au plus prĂšs de la vĂ©ritĂ©. Pour faire le film, j’ai rĂ©alisĂ© une enquĂȘte de plus d’un an lors de laquelle j’ai rencontrĂ© de nombreuses petites filles entre onze et douze ans. Elles m’ont racontĂ© leurs histoires, la façon dont elles se situent en tant que jeunes filles et futures femmes, mais aussi la maniĂšre dont elles se construisent avec leur famille et leurs amis, Ă  l’heure des rĂ©seaux sociaux. Toutes ces histoires ont nourri le scĂ©nario.” (source)
“J’ai d'abord fait un travail de documentation pendant plus d’un an et demi pour Ă©couter les rĂ©cits de jeunes filles dans tous les milieux sociaux et la plupart des faits que vous voyez dans Mignonnes sont tirĂ©s de faits rĂ©els. Je leur ai demandĂ© comment elles se situent en tant que futures femmes. Comment elles vivent leur fĂ©minitĂ©, leur corps qui se transforme. Les seins qui poussent, les rĂšgles
 ça peut ĂȘtre assez violent. Violent parce que parfois ça va trop vite. Parfois, ça ne va pas assez vite. Et croyez moi que quand ça ne va pas assez vite, c’est tout aussi violent ! Ces filles sont dans une comparaison des corps qui les entoure,  aujourd’hui avec les rĂ©seaux sociaux aussi : les corps objectivĂ©s que l’on voit sur la toile Ă  longueur de journĂ©e, et auxquels elles veulent absolument ressembler, alors que leurs seins n’ont pas encore poussĂ©â€Šâ€ (source)
"Je veux que chaque spectateur puisse devenir une petite fille de 11 ans pendant 1 h 30. Pour comprendre et non juger. [
] J’ai fait ce film pour qu’on ouvre les yeux. Quand des prĂ©ados de 13 ans cumulent 400 000 abonnĂ©s sur Instagram en posant en string, ça crĂ©e forcĂ©ment un mimĂ©tisme chez des filles un peu plus jeunes qui aspirent Ă  entrer aussi dans la lumiĂšre. Donc, puisque je me situe dans leurs tĂȘtes, je devais montrer Ă  l’image cette hypersexualisation et la jouissance qu’elles peuvent prendre dans cette reprĂ©sentation. [
] Je ne les montre pas nues ou en string. Je donne Ă  voir ce qu’Amy va chercher dans ces moments en apparence extrĂȘmes : une libĂ©ration. Le plus important pour moi est qu’elle puisse prendre le temps de choisir la femme qu’elle veut ĂȘtre sans qu’on ne lui impose rien. Dans la mĂȘme logique, je ne veux, moi, rien imposer aux spectateurs." (source)
"C’est une Ă©vidence : ce film n’aurait pas pu ĂȘtre tournĂ© par un homme. D’abord parce qu’il n’aurait pas pu aborder aussi spontanĂ©ment que moi des prĂ©ados dans la rue. Mais aussi parce que sa maniĂšre de filmer aurait Ă©tĂ© diffĂ©rente. Il y a chez moi, en tant que femme, une identification trĂšs forte aux personnages qui influence ma façon d’observer, donc de filmer. J’aime le cinĂ©ma de sensations. Et ce sont aussi les miennes que je cherche Ă  faire ressentir." (source) [Sur ce point je suis trĂšs sceptique, dans les scĂšnes de danse le regard correspond beaucoup plus au “male gaze” qu’à un quelconque regard fĂ©minin.]
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venomavenue · 4 years ago
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Cuties - ⭐⭐ This type of movie is not in the Venom Avenue genre, however, considering the controversy and the fact that I have this blog, I figured I’d watch and review. A few important points: 1) This movie is not for kids 2) This movie does have provocative, non-age appropriate dancing 3) This movie has a clear message, if you actually watch it. A quick synop – Cuties is a coming-of-age story about a young Senegalese girl who has recently moved to France with her family, and attempts to climb her way into the “popular crowd” at school. She uses dance to win over their respect – specifically, dance moves that she mimics from social media and internet videos – eventually taking her newly discovered concept of sexuality, way too far. I will not say this movie was great by any means, but it is incredibly misunderstood; particularly, by people who are choosing not to watch it due to Netflix’s poor advertising. The most important takeaway of this film is that this is an example of ART IMMITATING LIFE. Of course, we can and should be concerned that perverts and pedophiles will watch this for their own filthy entertainment, however we mustn’t be naĂŻve that this type of content doesn’t already exist online. Just a few weeks ago, my friends and I learned the WAP Dance Challenge via Tik Tok (you can also find this dance on Facebook, Youtube, Instagram, Twitter, etc). A dance routine that includes strikingly similar dance moves to the controversial dance scene in Cuties. We would be naĂŻve to think that younger humans aren’t as curious about this choreography as I, and many others, were. I do believe that the color scheme of this film is slightly misleading. Based on the vividness, the pinks and purples, it would be easy to mistake this film as child-friendly; compared to other child-exploitation narratives like Thirteen (2003) and Kids (1995). However, this film is NOT kiddie porn or child porn. Those statements reduce actual child porn to provocative dancing, which we know it is worse than that. If you aren’t interested in watching Cuties to form your own opinion of the message, that is perfectly okay. But consider refraining from speaking on a movie that you haven’t fully grasped the concept of. That is the issue we are currently facing with political propaganda – folks making a full statement on half of the information – but y’all not ready for that discussion lol
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nnennem · 4 years ago
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I thought of how worried the film’s critics were that showing young girls discovering their own selves would “whet the appetites of pedophiles” and threaten young lives.  I thought of how pedophiles are cowards who rely on secrecy and the shame their victims feel to act in the first place.  To say that Cuties enables sexual abuse is to miss the point of the film.  This movie brings a rare vision of girlhood to light, and posits that sexual exploration—in all its discomfort and modern complexities—is actually okay, even normal.
Cuties celebrates the sense of self I didn’t feel at age 12. The kind that pedophilia kept hidden in the dark. 
The kind I’m working on finding now.
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movie-in-colors · 4 years ago
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Reviews of ‘Cuties’/‘Mignonnes’ worth reading/watching
"You can’t possibly successfully portray oversexualization without, well, portraying oversexualization.”
It’s in no way, shape, or form pedophilic; it’s a bold young filmmaker confronting an issue head-on by making overt creative choices that many are ignorantly mistaking as problematic.
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Girls are dressing like that every single day
They push this girls and say this is how you have to dress in order to win this competition
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me-and-my-dumbass · 4 years ago
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2020 is the type of year where after watching a netflix movie review i’ll never be able to call anyone “cute” without feeling fucking sick
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crazycoke-addict · 4 years ago
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My review on Cuties *Contains Spoilers*
Netflix has released a new movie that everybody’s been talking about called “Cuties”. Directed by Maimouna Doucure and was premiered by Sundance festival, Cuties or Mignonnes in French is about an 11 year old black-Muslim girl named Amy who is caught between the traditional values and the internet culture, that also discusses about the hyper Sexualisation of young girls. When the movie came out on Netflix, many people were disgusted at the way Netflix promoted the movie from the poster to the description. The director has said that the movie is explores the dangers of social media and how little girls act like grown-adult in order to become noticeable and successful. She does say the movie is dangerous, exploring how young girls get lured into the dangers of social media to gratify their needs to noticed and puts them in risky situations. She also said the film is apologetic of hyper-sexualisation of children, not subjecting the actresses into endangerment.
Because people are talking about the movie, where it be using the #CancelNetflix or people wanting an investigation behind the scenes. I decided to watch the movie, myself and I understand what the director was trying to say. Throughout the movie, Amy is struggling with her family problems and wanting to become an adult like the girls she later on makes friends with. There are some scenes, where they are told by adults or teens that they are just kids. There’s a part where they are hit on my older guys who are probably teenagers and when they asked how old the girls are, Amy tells them their real age even though they try to say they were 14. They are upset with Amy for telling them their real age implying that because those guys found out the actual age than they don’t see them as grown ups. There’s also another scene where they messaging a guy by saying if he likes “big boobs”, however one of the characters named Yasmin accidentally put the camera on and the guy is disgusted and tells them, they should be doing kid stuff. Amy starts acting out and does things that no 11 year old girl should be doing, one of them being that she posts an inappropriate photo and posts it on social media. This gave her the idea due to the conversation she had with Angie about an incident that involves someone posting embarrassing that involves Amy online. Angie says “their saying we’re kids” which resulted Amy did what she did. Amy is also starting to become a woman when she gets her period for the first time. Although a period is symbolises that first being a woman. In general, Amy is still a kid whose putting herself in dangerous situations where it be out in the real world or in social media. Amy comes to realisation when she runs out of the middle of the them dancing at the dance competition and goes home to her mother. The movie ends with her playing jump rope with her cousins.
Young girls like Amy are exposed at a very young age, they believe themselves to be mature for their age by looking up to the adult or even watching videos of grown young women and wanting to look and act like them. This can be more triggering when they get attention by older men and basically groom them to believe that they are mature for their age but they end up realising later on, their childhood was taken away for them. Luckily, nothing like this happened in the movie, but it gives you an understanding on how young girls want to act grown up in order get attention or try stop people treating them like little kids. Even though they don’t get harassed by older men in real life, I can’t same thing about in social media, because Amy posted the inappropriate picture, one of the girls asked Amy has looked at the comments where there’s one that says they want an identical picture of her friends. These comments are probably sent by child predators. That’s the dangers that young girls like Amy put themselves through social media. You don’t know who is stalking your profile. The ending where Amy is playing jump rope with her cousins is supposed to symbolise that kids who are suppose to be care-free and just have fun without having to worry themselves in order to look like a grown adult.
This is basically what I want to say, I don’t know if anyone is going to agree with this. But while watching the whole movie that’s what the movie was trying to tell me. I feel like this could be controversial and people might think I’m defending it, but I just telling my views and opinion on the movie and how I think the meaning behind it is.
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floatingbook · 4 years ago
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La polygamie, un second mariage à l’horizon
- Visionnage: Mignonnes de Maïmouna Doucouré
Dans le film, le pĂšre d’Aminata va enfin revenir du SĂ©nĂ©gal, comme elle l’attendait avec impatience, mais il ne rentre pas seul. Elle l’apprend par inadvertance, alors qu’elle s’est cachĂ©e sous le lit de sa mĂšre pour ne pas se faire prendre dansant en crop top. La tante est lĂ , et sa mĂšre est au tĂ©lĂ©phone; dans cette scĂšne, on ne voit que leurs pieds, tout comme Aminata ne voit que leurs pieds. La tante insiste pour que la mĂšre d’Aminata appelle ses connaissances pour les informer du mariage prochain et pour qu’elle fasse bonne figure au tĂ©lĂ©phone. La mĂšre d’Amiana est censĂ©e se rĂ©jouir de cette nouvelle, selon la tante. Quand celle-ci, satisfaite du coup de fil que la mĂšre d’Aminata vient de passer, quitte l’appartement, la mĂšre d’Aminata fond en sanglots, gĂ©mit et se lamente sans mots, allant jusqu’à se frapper de douleur. Sous le lit, Aminata se met Ă  pleurer en silence.
L’épisode et la perspective de la polygamie est inspirĂ©e par l’expĂ©rience personnelle de la rĂ©alisatrice, MaĂŻmouna DoucourĂ©, qui a grandi dans une famille avec plusieurs “mamans”, les diffĂ©rentes femmes de son pĂšre. MaĂŻmouna DoucourĂ© a dit de son enfance qu’elle Ă©tait heureuse dans cette famille, mais il me semble qu’elle laisse dans Mignonnes libre cours aux sentiments qu’elle a du ressentir quand elle mĂȘme a appris que son pĂšre allait ramener une seconde Ă©pouse du SĂ©nĂ©gal.
Alors qu’Aminata se rĂ©jouissait du retour de son pĂšre, notamment Ă  la perspective des cadeaux qu’elle allait recevoir, sa dĂ©ception et sa dĂ©tresse face Ă  l’approche de son arrivĂ©e ne font que croĂźtre au cours du film. Amy vit probablement le second mariage comme une trahison, un rejet de sa mĂšre et d’elle-mĂȘme comme Ă©tant insuffisantes, dĂ©fectueuse. Son pĂšre ne les aime donc pas, puisqu’il a besoin d’une autre femme. Quand le neveu de son pĂšre vient apporter des meubles pour la future chambre du pĂšre et de sa nouvelle Ă©pouse, ainsi que des affaires pour le mariage, Aminata admire d’abord la robe bleue brodĂ©e qui lui est destinĂ©e, bien plus seyante que les vĂȘtements dĂ©lavĂ©s qu’elle porte ordinairement. Mais quand son petit frĂšre dĂ©boule dans le salon pour pavaner devant sa mĂšre, en insistant qu’il sera magnifique pour le mariage, l’expression faciale d’Amy devient complĂštement nĂ©gative, au point que sa mĂšre s’approche et insiste que la robe lui va trĂšs bien, qu’elle sera ravissante pour le mariage. Quand son pĂšre appelle et demande Ă  lui parler, Aminata, qui regardait dans le vide Ă  la fenĂȘtre, saisit le combinĂ© d’une main morne, le porte Ă  son oreille, mais entendant la voix de son pĂšre, elle tend le bras Ă  l’extĂ©rieur et lĂąche le tĂ©lĂ©phone, qui se fracasse au sol. Elle est en colĂšre contre son pĂšre, pour la douleur qu’il cause Ă  sa mĂšre, pour le chamboulement qu’il force dans leurs vies, pour le manque d’amour qu’elle perçoit.
De la seconde femme, on ne voit dans le film qu’une silhouette habillĂ©e entiĂšrement de blanc et couverte d’un grand voile blanc dans les derniĂšres minutes de Mignonnes. Elle a un caractĂšre d’apparition, en Ă©cho avec le rĂ©cit que la tante fait plus tĂŽt Ă  Aminata de ses propres fiançailles et ensuite de son mariage tout en blanc, mais aussi avec un effet de rappel aux fantĂŽmes dont Aminata parlait le soir Ă  son petit frĂšre, pour qu’il cesse de l’embĂȘter. A-t-elle fait quelque chose de mal? Est-ce pour ça que les fantĂŽmes sont devenus rĂ©els et font irruption dans son quotidien pour la punir?
Aminata est perdue face au second mariage de son pĂšre; elle ne semble pas comprendre la logique—certes misogyniste, mais logique d’interĂȘt et de symboles de pouvoir pour un homme dans une sociĂ©tĂ© de valeurs patriarcales—qui sous-tend l’évĂ©nement. C’est un moment traumatique, oĂč Amy se rend compte qu’elle n’a pas beaucoup d’importance, qu’elle n’est qu’une fille parmi tous les enfants que son pĂšre va avoir, qu’elle n’est finalement destinĂ©e, dans l’optique de cet homme, qu’à ĂȘtre mariĂ©e quand elle aura atteint l’ñge lĂ©gal. Elle se prend en plein visage la misogynie de sa culture familiale, alors qu’elle rĂȘve de libertĂ© et de succĂšs.
À noter que la polygamie (mariage avec plusieurs personnes) est interdite en France; d’aprĂšs un rapport de la Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme de 2006, la polygamie concernerait environ 20 000 foyers en France (lien vers les propositions de la mĂȘme commission quand Ă  la gestion de la polygamie en France).
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