Directed by Mati Diop • 2009 • France, Senegal
Starring Alpha Diop, Cheikh M'Baye, Ouli Seck
A group of young men contemplate making the treacherous voyage by sea from Senegal to Europe in Mati Diop's debut short, a prelude of sorts to her acclaimed feature of the same name.
Up Next in Five Films by Mati Diop
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Snow Canon
Directed by Mati Diop • 2011 • France
Starring Nilaya Bal, Nour Mobarak, Alban Guyon
In an isolated chalet in the snowy reaches of the French Alps, the relationship between a teenage girl and her babysitter assumes increasingly complex, intimate dimensions. -
Big in Vietnam
Directed by Mati Diop • 2012 • France
Starring Henriette Nhung, Ghe Büi, Mike Nguyen
After she walks off her own set, a French-Vietnamese director shooting a film in Marseille journeys through the city in search of her past. -
A Thousand Suns
Directed by Mati Diop • 2013 • France, Senegal
Starring Magaye Niang, Wasis DiopForty years after her uncle Djibril Diop Mambéty's landmark of Senegalese cinema TOUKI BOUKI, Mati Diop revisits its lead actor, Magaye Niang, to explore the legacy of a film that continues to loom large.
