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Mati Diop

  1. the unforgettable year
    A Year of Watching Movies About Being Stuck at Home (While Being Stuck at Home)COVID cinema arrived not long after the virus did — but what do we want from movies about a pandemic we’re all still experiencing?
  2. profile
    Mati Diop’s Ocean of LongingThe French-Senegalese filmmaker’s Cannes sensation Atlantics is a migrant-ghost story for our time.
  3. cannes 2019
    Cannes’s First Black Female Filmmaker and Her Cast Lit Up the Red CarpetMati Diop’s Atlantics, which premiered at Cannes to thunderous applause, kicked off with a vibrant fashion show.
  4. cannes 2019
    Romeo and Juliet in Senegal, With GhostsIn Mati Diop’s Atlantics, which just premiered at Cannes, vengeful spirits are less frightening than the patriarchy.
  5. sundance 2012
    Brady Corbet Talks Sundance’s Simon Killer, Art Cinema, and Steak Tartare“I never read reviews, but I’ve been reading every review I can find of this one.”