Mati Diop has been selected as one of Hayat’s Ramadan Top 30 Illuminators for her contributions to the arts.
Part love story, part police procedural, part ghost story – the French director’s Atlantics defied genres, but won the hearts of cinema fans. Diop recently became the first black director to win the Cannes Grand Prix. Netflix picked up her film shortly thereafter, bringing the intricate tale of love, loss, and revenge to audiences worldwide.
Read Hayat’s full article on Diop here, originally published December 2019:
