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Aymar Esse, Director of Locarno Open Doors World Premiere ‘My Father’s Kora,’ Discusses Challenges of Queer Cinema in Senegal
['Roberto Prieto']
Variety
The film follows Souleymane Everston Adowo Freudenreich, an Afro-German trans man who travels to Dakar, Senegal, to repair his father’s kora.
It is a quiet reflection on what can be repaired, and what remains uncertain,” says Beninese director Aymar Esse.
Can you talk about the ballroom scene as a safe space for the LGBTQ community?
What is a safe space, really?
And yet, maybe a safe space is not only something we are given.