Published in 1945, Black Boy was the first novel written by an African-American on everyday life in the segregationist United States. Richard Wright tells the story of his childhood as a young black shattered by racism and commonplace hatred. Confronted with injustice, extreme poverty and violence between Blacks and Whites, he manages to escape from the straitjacket in which others seek to bind him through his discovery of reading and writing.

In an original theatrical form that sees bluesman Olivier Gotti, graphic artist Benjamin Flao and actor Jérôme Imard take to the stage, this performance at the crossroads of three art forms presents a major 20^th century masterpiece to be heard, seen and shared through a message of light and emancipation.

A joint production Théâtre du Mantois and Festival Blues sur Seine with the support of SPEDIDAM, Adami and Collectif 12