Popular actor-turned-filmmaker Aissa Maiga and co-director Isabelle Simeoni discussed with Variety about their searing documentary feature examining the lack of representation of Black actors in films ...
Aïssa Maïga says being told to “go back to Africa” is no insult to her—which is one of the many reactions the actress received since her impassioned speech on diversity at the César Awards earlier ...
The presence of Black actors in major motion picture roles is not just a controversy that plagues Hollywood. Unfortunately Black actors across the pond are seeing the same challenges when it comes to ...
Pretty Dope is the place where ESSENCE highlights creatives doing amazing things in front of the camera and on the mic. You should know each and every one of these faces. They’re pretty dope. There ...
For Aïssa Maïga, Cannes was just the beginning. In one of the festival’s most evocative events, Maïga led 16 Afro-French actresses down the red carpet in protest of the lack of representation within ...
French actress Aïssa Maïga greets me with a warm smile as I log into our Zoom call. I tell her that if it weren’t for Portrait of a Lady on Fire, this interview may not have happened. I saw the Celine ...
Popular actor-turned-filmmaker Aissa Maiga and co-director Isabelle Simeoni discussed with Variety about their searing documentary feature examining the lack of representation of Black actors in films ...
The presence of Black actors in major motion picture roles is not just a controversy that plagues Hollywood. Unfortunately Black actors across the pond are seeing the same challenges when it comes to ...
Pretty Dope is the place where ESSENCE highlights creatives doing amazing things in front of the camera and on the mic. You should know each and every one of these faces. They’re pretty dope. There ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results