Home › Authors › Aïssa Maïga
Aïssa Maïga Quotes
born 1975 France
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.
France Actresses Film producers Random Aïssa Maïga quote
12 quotes
The best thing would be for all talents, regardless of skin color, to have access to the same opportunities.
What is played in French cinema does not only concern our very privileged environment, it concerns all of society.
It was time to represent blacks in French film—in under a month, we went from co-authors to a true collective.
Artists exist in order to propose, in total freedom, their vision, their interpretation of the world: through denunciation, lyricism, humour..
A hybrid being, born of the fusion of two cultures, having grown up in a third one.
My name would come up from time to time, but with few alternatives in the middle of an empty space.
We’re not going to leave French cinema alone.
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.
I would be delighted if after this book, and with the other actions we plan to take, that all communities be represented.
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.
They were all determined and excited to make their voices heard.
Topics Aïssa Maïga is quoted on