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Senegalese actress, director, writer, producer, and activist.

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Aïssa Maïga (born 5 May 1975) is a Senegal-born French actress, director, writer, producer, and activist. Maïga has worked with major auteurs like Michael Haneke, Abderrahmane Sissako and Michel Gondry, and recently starred in Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut.

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Birth Name: Aissa Nana Astou Maiga

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What is played in French cinema does not only concern our very privileged environment, it concerns all of society

We are a family. We say everything, right? All of you who are not impacted by issues related to invisibility, stereotypes or the issue of skin color…the good news is that it will not happen without you. Think inclusion

We’re not going to leave French cinema alone

We survived whitewashing, blackface, tons of dealer roles, housekeepers with a Bwana accent, we survived the roles of terrorists, all the roles of hypersexualized girls

The best thing would be for all talents, regardless of skin color, to have access to the same opportunities

I would be delighted if after this book, and with the other actions we plan to take, that all communities be represented

The book is a commercial hit in French bookstores, proving that, contrary to what some believe, the public not only wants to read what we have to say, but they share our values of inclusion and diversity

It was time to represent blacks in French film—in under a month, we went from coauthors to a true collective

They were all determined and excited to make their voices heard

I always knew it would be a collective effort where my actress friends would share their experiences

This emptiness has always upset me, but it also inspired me to do this project

My name would come up from time to time, but with few alternatives in the middle of an empty space