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(August, 22 1930 in Paris - January, 18 2000 in Paris),
Victor Hégésippe Légitimus, nicknamed Gésip, born in Paris August 22, 1930 and died January 18, 2000 in Paris, is a pioneer in audiovisual, artistic, political and community Afro-Caribbean expressions in France. he is the great-son of Hégésippe Jean Légitimus, the first black man elected to the French parliament since Jean-Baptiste Belley in 1793 and the son of Darling Légitimus, a famous carribean french actress. Gésip was the first (and for a long time the only) black producer of shows on the french television.
His Artistic Career
Film
Gésip started his career at a very young age. He was only three months old when he appeared as the black baby in Sacha Guitry’s first talking film: “Le Blanc et le Noir” (The White and the Black), with Raimu and Fernandel, for whom it was also a first film. As an actor, Gésip went on to play in more than 50 films. In 1960 he obtained the leading role in “Gala”, a short film directed by Jean-Daniel Pollet and François Bel. He became co-producer of the first film directed by the Hungarian Lazlo Szabo, “Les Gants Blancs du Diable” (The Devil’s White Gloves) starring Bernadette Lafont and Jean-Pierre Kalfon.
Theatre
In theatre, where he started playing at the age of 8 alongside
. In 1979 he was named director of the Theatre de la Renaissance and founded the CICAF (International Centre for French-speaking Audiovisual Creation)Music
As a musician he led the famous jazz and salsa orchestra “Légitimus” in which his brothers Théo, Gustave and Clément played. From 1947 until 1969 « les beaux soirs du tout Paris exotique » Gésip specialized in the organization of galas and balls for some of Paris’
Journalism
He was the sub editor (or copyeditor) of his father’s newspaper “Le Correspondant Antillais” as well as editor for different papers and the magazines: “Bongo”, “Jeune Afrique”, “France Antilles”. With the renowned African musician Manu Dibango he created the newspaper “Afro Music”. In 1976 he founded, co-financed and ran, in collaboration with the African journalist Pierre Coula, BLACK HEBDO “The Newspaper of the Black World”, which was the first weekly newspaper aimed at French Africans and West-Indians.
TV Production, Records, Radio
From 1956 to 1958, Gésip was a student at the
Gésip Légitimus was very concerned about the evolution of the black Diaspora and in 1981 the “Légitimus Report” enabled him to obtain, in the form of the Fillioud law of 1982, the creation of the National Society of Overseas Radio and Television Programs (RFO). In 1982, in Paris, he created the first West-Indian broadcasting station outside the territory to which it transmits (Tropique FM) all the while producing the “Overseas Calendar”, a weekly information page concerning the latest artistic and cultural overseas news, broadcast on RFO.
He was made
He died in Paris on the 18th of January at the age of 69.
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