Remember, in 2019, in a long poignant message posted on his account Instagram, Nadège Beausson-Diagne revealed to have been the victim of sexual assault: “I too was the victim of sexual harassment and sexual assault on two shoots in Africa. It was a very long time ago. The pain was swallowed up. . Today I am ready to speak to help release this word and recover my life “, she explained, confident that” fear must change sides “.
Comments that she had also reiterated during a round table at the Pan-African Film and Television Festival, pointing to an African director: “He isolated me from the technical team, forbade everyone to speak to me, cut some of my scenes during the editing, threatened to block my plane tickets… I even suspect him of having tried to intoxicate me. And this director, who has never been worried, is currently present at the festival … “, she had declared.
Two years later, in an interview with Telepro, the actress spoke of the consequences of this powerful speech: “I was threatened with death, we receive extremely violent things (…) In African cinema, we notably helped a young actress, and the director threatened me with death”, she blurted out. But that’s not what will make her back down. She is determined to continue this fight. “That’s why I would keep talking because I am able to do it.” His stance made him lose “friends”. “I put quotes because if they think I did this for my publicity, they are not friends.”
She went on to say: “If you only knew the number of messages I get … And I know it’s tiny compared to reality. There will always be more victims who don’t speak than victims who speak.”
The fight is far from over!
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