Debs Studio - Short version

Debs Studio tells the story of Henri Debs and how he developped the music industry in the French islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique.

  • Miguel OCTAVE
    Director
  • Miguel OCTAVE
    Writer
  • Frederic TYRODE SAINT LOUIS
    Producer
  • Henri Charbel DEBS
    Producer
  • Henri DEBS
    Key Cast
  • Max SEVERIN
    Key Cast
  • Thierry FANFANT
    Key Cast
  • Yves HONORE
    Key Cast
  • Jean DEBS
    Key Cast
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Studio Debs - version courte
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    music, biopic
  • Runtime:
    52 minutes 22 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    France, Guadeloupe, Martinique
  • Language:
    French
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Official premiere in Guadeloupe
    Baie-Mahault
    Guadeloupe
    February 3, 2022
    Lakaz'art
  • Mois du Documentaire 2022
    Le Lamentin
    Guadeloupe
    November 27, 2022
    Cine-theatre du Lamentin
  • Festival Creole Beach Jazz
    Le Gosier
    Guadeloupe
    August 14, 2023
Distribution Information
  • France Televisions Overseas Network
    Distributor
    Country: France
    Rights: Free TV
Director Biography - Miguel OCTAVE

Miguel Octave is from Martinique but based in Paris, France and has been a director since 2005 both on national projects and caribbean productions.
The details of his extended experience - would it be in television or cinema - can be found on his website :
https://www.migueloctave.com/realisations/

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Director Statement

"I am a director from the French West Indies. I've been working for television for the past 25 years. Being passionate about music and also a collector, I have made the choice to take my career on that path. I have had the opportunity to work on musical programs with famous national and international artists.
I have always been fascinated by the ways artists work is promoted beyond a much more complex and tormented personality than the image displayed in the media.
I became frustrated to realise our Caribbean artistic figures were often missing in the programs despite being a region of great cultural mingling.
Telling about Debs Studio involves telling the history of the music industry in Guadeloupe - where the Debs family comes from, but also in Martinique, Haiti, Porto Rico and the rest of the Caribbean.
As usual in my documentaries, I let people tell the story, trying to intersect the information as we come from an oral culture where story telling is how we hand down knowledge.
Throughout the documentary, music is obviously ubiquitous along the interviews, testimonies, radio files and comments giving even information never disclosed before.
Editing this project during the pandemic lock down was quite a challenge as the team was in different locations. "