Diop Reflects On Being 1st Black Woman Director In Competition At Cannes Film Fest
CANNES, France (AP) -
Mati Diop was initially disappointed when she, by reading a news article, discovered that she was the first black female filmmaker in the Cannes Film Festival's prestigious competition in its 72-year history.
"I hadn't realized myself. I didn't know," the 36-year-old French-Senegalese...
