France 2 organizes The feast of freedom, an entertainment that highlights mythical texts on democracy, living together, interpreted by artists from all walks of life.
“This adventure started from an album that we owe to a young music teacher, Sébastien Boudria, who took his pilgrim’s staff to make a CD around the great texts of the Republic, explains the director of culture and performing arts of France Télévisions, Michel Field. He had found a panel of incredible artists who had responded and France Télévisions had supported this album, ‘Glory day‘, and we decided to make a television adaptation of it with Coyote production directed by Christophe Dechavanne. “
“We did that at the Bataclan because symbolically we were both in commemoration of the attacks and not far from the anniversary of the assassination of this teacher who embodied secularism.”
Michel Fieldto franceinfo
“We did this at the Bataclan because symbolically we were both in the commemoration of the attacks and not far from the anniversary of the assassination of this teacher who embodied secularism and the artists responded, in an evening that goes alternate large texts evoking the principles of the Republic and then songs and entertainment. “
In these writings, “there is everything: the situation of women, with a text by Olympe de Gouges; the declaration of the end of slavery; the fraternity around secularism with the letters to the teachers and the artists who came: a François Cluzet, a Joey Star, a Camélia Jordana who will sing in an incredible way the song of the partisans, details the culture manager of the public audiovisual sector. We say to ourselves: it’s good but we’re going to be pissed off… no because there are lots of popular successes, both Michel Fugain and ‘Let me dance’ for example. And when we listen to the text of this song we realize that it is also a hymn to the freedom of the body of women and it is no coincidence that this song was taken as an emblem in demonstrations of women for the freedom to go out. We see that popular culture has taken hold of the themes of the Republic “, says Michel Field.
“What strikes me is that texts which might have seemed a little bland, a little obvious a few years ago, are now regaining incredible vigor.”
Michel Fieldon franceinfo
“What is very surprising is to see to what extent texts written in the eighteenth or nineteenth century seem to be current contributions to the debate ahead.” The chances of achieving a strong audience with this type of program are limited. Corn, “at the same time if the public service does not take this type of program and reconciliation of ancestral texts and young artists who will do it for us? And secondly, we have good audiences on fictions, on news, etc, so we can afford from time to time to take this risk with the obvious fact that a good surprise can never be ruled out. If a million and a half, two million people watch this program, can discuss it with their parents and their children on this or that text, it makes you think and there will be echoes with today’s news “, concludes Michel Field.