Cannes One To Watch: ‘Banel & Adama’ Writer-Director Ramata-Toulaye Sy On Representing Her Heritage In Debut Film
Senegalese and French director Ramata-Toulaye Sy is only the second Black woman to make it into Competition in Cannes. Her debut feature, Banel & Adama, which had its debut Saturday, follows in the footsteps of Mati Diop’s 2019 Atlantics. Sy draws on her roots in the Fulani, or Peul, culture of…
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