Mati Diop è un'attrice, regista e sceneggiatrice francese di origini senegalesi.
Nel 2019 ha vinto il Grand Prix Speciale della Giuria al Festival di Cannes col suo lungometraggio d'esordio, Atlantique. Wikipedia
“My family history is made of migration; it’s something that’s part of my own complexity.”
Origine: On her family background that includes an immigrant parent in “Atlantics director Mati Diop: ‘As a mixed-race girl, there’s a visible and invisible side of you'” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/09/atlantics-director-mati-diop-as-a-mixed-race-girl-theres-always-a-visible-and-invisible-side-of-you in The Guardian (2019 Nov 9)
Origine: On her mixed race ancestry in “Atlantics director Mati Diop: ‘As a mixed-race girl, there’s a visible and invisible side of you'” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/09/atlantics-director-mati-diop-as-a-mixed-race-girl-theres-always-a-visible-and-invisible-side-of-you in The Guardian (2019 Nov 9)
“I started to watch the ocean. I was not looking at it like I used to; it became like a grave.”
Origine: On travelling to Senegal in 2008 to make a film in “Atlantics director Mati Diop: ‘As a mixed-race girl, there’s a visible and invisible side of you'” https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/09/atlantics-director-mati-diop-as-a-mixed-race-girl-theres-always-a-visible-and-invisible-side-of-you in The Guardian (2019 Nov 9)
