‘In My Room’: Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Follow-Up Debuts Online After Venice Premiere
The 20-minute film is part of MUBI’s ongoing series commissioned by Miu Miu, titled Women’s Tales.
The 20-minute film is part of MUBI’s ongoing series commissioned by Miu Miu, titled Women’s Tales.
The supernatural twist in the French-Senegalese Netflix drama can be read as a queering of traditional mythology.
The biracial daughter of a Senegalese father and French mother, raised in France, Diop has found her voice in Africa.
Senegal’s submission for Best International Feature Film Oscar consideration was already a hit out of Cannes, where filmmaker Mati Diop made history.
In May, Diop became the first black female director to screen a film in competition at Cannes, where she went on to win the Grand Prix.
Diop’s impressive debut is absorbing, otherworldly vision of an alienated seaside life in Dakar.
Diop has been a festival favorite for years, but her Cannes slot raises her profile in a major way.
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