In the Library with Ramata-Toulaye Sy — CHANEL and Literature


Director and screenwriter Ramata-Toulaye Sy reflects on the books that sparked her interest in reading when she was a child. Passionate about African-American literature, she also evokes the way Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison shaped her relationship with femininity and reinforced her taste for complex fictional characters.

“I would like to be someone who hands down traditions,” confides Ramata-Toulaye Sy, convinced that the fundamental role of a book, and more generally of a work of art, is to transmit a culture, a history.
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00:00 “The Heart of A Woman”, Maya Angelou
00:33 On her childhood readings
02:08 On African American literature
02:33 “My Brilliant Friend”, Elena Ferrante
03:27 “Americanah”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
04:40 “Sula”, Toni Morrison
06:09 “Salvage the Bones”, Jesmyn Ward
07:41 On transmission
09:06 On writing
09:43 “Syngué Sabour. Pierre de patience”, Atiq Rahimi
10:35 “Pride and Prejudice”, Jane Austen
11:20 On adapting a book to film
11:39 On her taste for complex characters

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