Mati Diop, the first woman of African descent to compete for the top prize at Ca...
CANNES, France - Mati Diop, the first woman of African descent to compete for the top prize at Cannes with a haunting film about migrants, said on Friday the label made her “sad” but showed how much work there was to do for equality in the movie industry.
“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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