Johanna Makabi

Directing

Johanna Makabi

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Don't Cry Halima poster
5.5

Halima is a young woman who doesn't go unnoticed. Along with writing militant articles on her blog, she works as a receptionist and hangs out with her group of flamboyant friends. The thing is, her student visa is about to expire. Moving in worlds which seem hostile to her, Halima tries to find her place.

Don't Cry Halima

2023

Que les meilleurs gagnent poster
5.0

No synopsis available yet.

Que les meilleurs gagnent

2024

No artwork available
NR

Grâce, 8 years old, hates her neighborhood, she hates cheerleading and today she decided to join her father in space.

Grâce

2022

No artwork available
NR

Paulette Nardal, Martinique-born pioneer of the Négritude movement, introduces herself and her critique, with a surprise visitor, in this elegantly staged visit to the past.

Paulette et le clown

2021

Meduse, Afro Hair and Other Myths poster
NR

From London to Paris, Marseille to finish in Dakar, we start looking for various African neighborhood in order to film various types and techniques of hairdressing: braided braids, flat braids, plaited braids, weaving, straightening, Afro ... Throught Meetings and conversations with people and hairdressers, we question the importance of treatment and maintenance of hair in African cultures. Through the stories of Romy, Cyn, Kami and Louise we follow the evolution of their hair which finally turns out to be more political than aesthetic.

Meduse, Afro Hair and Other Myths

2018

Meduse, Afro Hair and Other Myths poster
NR

From London to Paris, Marseille to finish in Dakar, we start looking for various African neighborhood in order to film various types and techniques of hairdressing: braided braids, flat braids, plaited braids, weaving, straightening, Afro ... Throught Meetings and conversations with people and hairdressers, we question the importance of treatment and maintenance of hair in African cultures. Through the stories of Romy, Cyn, Kami and Louise we follow the evolution of their hair which finally turns out to be more political than aesthetic.

Meduse, Afro Hair and Other Myths

2018

No artwork available
NR

Today, Fatou goes to the laundromat in Harlem and meets a young man.

A Laundry Day

2022

Our Memory poster
NR

Mbissine Thérèse Diop played the starring role in Ousmane Sembène’s landmark first feature, 1966’s Black Girl (La Noire de…). Today, she looks back on her experience as a Black actress in the 1960s.

Our Memory

2022

No artwork available
NR

Thirtysomething Dom is undergoing therapy. As the Christmas holidays come to an end, he is granted, for the first time in years, the right to spend a day alone with his daughters. A precious day… that he dreads seeing come to an end.

Happy Meal

2026

No artwork available
NR

Thirtysomething Dom is undergoing therapy. As the Christmas holidays come to an end, he is granted, for the first time in years, the right to spend a day alone with his daughters. A precious day… that he dreads seeing come to an end.

Happy Meal

2026