⟳ Репост от Dorothy Porker
if you want to watch art that speaks to *why*, might I recommend Mati Diop's "Atlantics?" Its themes of desperation, migration, heartbreak, and haunting feel especially salient. (From 2019)
'Atlantics' haunts its audience with a Senegalese story of love, class and capitalism - AndscapeMati Diop knows what it’s like to be surrounded by towering artistic voices. Her father, Wasis Diop, is a popular jazz musician. Her uncle, Djibril Diop Mambéty, is best known for the influential Touk...andscape.comMartin D.B. BrownHow 60,000 people swam to Spanish territory www.ft.com/content/7c48...