The Flag
The Flag reflects on the aftermath of the 2015 Paris attacks, exploring the decline of civil liberties as local media and politics continue othering Arab and African communities.
The Flag begins the day after the 13 November 2015 attacks in Paris. It traces the intensification of security measures and the erosion of civil liberties, meeting those most affected by these shifts. Revisiting key events of the past thirty years, the film examines the gradual construction of a political discourse that has become normalized—one that seeks to identify “enemies within.”
A film by Joseph Paris
With
Yasser Louati /
Zohra Kraiker /
Wassil Kraiker /
Amal Bentounsi /
Feiza Ben Mohamed /
Mohammed Abaïd /
Vincent Gay /
Thomas Deltombe /
Slimane Dazi /
Assa Traoré /
Abdellali Hajat /
Vanessa Codaccioni /
Mireille Delmas-Marty /
Image and editing Joseph Paris
Narrator Logan de Carvalho
Original music Pierre Paris
Sound creation Alejandro Van Zandt-Escobar
Illustrations Matthieu Fayette
Production Drole de Trame
Produced by Audrey Ferrarese
Additional image editing Flore Guillet
Editing assistants Robin Gaussé, Eugénie Gaubert, Matthieu Grosmaire
Color grading Dimitri Darul
Additional color grading Eric Heinrich
Mixing Michel Depuis
With the support of
CNC /
Région Île-de-France /
PROCIREP & ANGOA /
Caméras Rebelles2026
Memorimage2024
Cinéma sous les étoiles2024
UnArchive Found Footage Festival2024
FIFDH2024
Festival des Libertés2023
Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival2023
États généraux du film documentaire2023
Movies that matter2023
One World2023
CPH DOX2023
IDFA Forum2021
Yasser Louati at Movies That Matter film festival.
The Hague · 2023
Screening of the film at the FIFDH
Geneva · 2024
Angela Davis speaks after the screening of the film, surrounded by Assa Traoré, Nesrine Slaoui and Yasser Louati.
Geneva · 2024
Panel on police violence after the screening of the film at the FIFDH, with Angela Davis, Rokhaya Diallo, Assa Traoré, Nesrine Slaoui and Yasser Louati.
Geneva · 2024
Assa Traoré, Angela Davis, Nesrine Slaoui.
Geneva · 2024
Speech by the mayor of Geneva Alfonso Gomez before the screening of the film.
Geneva · 2024
Q&A with Joseph Paris and Yasser Louati at Movies That Matter film festival.
The Hague · 2023
Q&A with Yasser Louati at Movies That Matter film festival.
The Hague · 2023
Activists night at Movies That Matter film festival.
The Hague · 2023
Joseph Paris presenting the work-in-progress editing of the film at the IDFA 2022 festival.
Amsterdam · 2022
Presentation of the work-in-progress editing at the IDFA 2022 festival, with Audrey Ferrarese (producer) and Joseph Paris.
Amsterdam · 2022