We caught up with the celebrated director at the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about her new film, Atlantics
It’s been a good year for French-Senegalese director Mati Diop and her film Atlantics.
The movie got its North American premier at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) this month after wowing critics and audiences at Cannes, where it won the prestigious Grand Prix. Diop was the first Black woman to successfully submit a film in the Cannes competition, and naturally the first to win any award at the iconic festival.
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Anya Wassenberg 