French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop highlights inequality in the film industry and says more black actors should be on screen
Director Mati Diop speaks. 72nd Cannes Film Festival - News conference for the film"Atlantics" in competition - Cannes, France, May 17, 2019.
“It was really a need, a very urgent need,” Diop told a news conference. “It wasn’t the only motor of the film, because it is not a motor that is enough to write a story, but at the end of the script, I was like ‘Now I want to see these black actors’ ... and a lot of people need that.” Diop added that she was moved when seeing films with black stars, including those of “Get Out” director Jordan Peele.
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