French Jazz faces #MeToo reckoning as women push for change
Since the MeToo movement sent shockwaves across creative industries, France’s film and theatre sectors have undergone a visible reckoning, with victims speaking out and calls for accountability gaining ground. Yet, according to a recent editorial signed by prominent jazz musicians, the country’s jazz scene has yet to confront entrenched sexism and long-silenced sexual violence. FRANCE 24’s Solène Clausse and Yong Chim went to find out how women in the industry are turning things around.