Emmanuel Kazadi: Dying Empty + Living between Congo, France & America

Описание: We kicked off production for our second series on a new continent.

We called it Local Joints—the idea was simple: kick it with some artists we like at their favorite hometown spots.

This time, we found ourselves in Maisons-Laffitte, a suburb of Paris, profiling Emmanuel Kazadi. Looking back on any of our shoots can feel like a fever dream—but none more so than our first international productions.

Sitting down at a café with a two-camera and mic setup, surrounded by locals in sunglasses ripping espressos and chain-smoking, felt surreal. Maisons-Laffitte has a low tourist footprint, and we definitely stood out. You could feel people wondering what we were doing there.

At one point, a friend of Emmanuel’s from grade school wandered by and joined us. The shoot quickly blurred into something more like a hang with old friends.

You can only plan these productions so much. The rest is whatever the wind floats your way.

Maisons-Laffitte, France
3/25/23
12:15am JFK - 1:10pm CDG

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