Article ID: CBB713682710

Atlantics: The Ocean as Another Place (film review) (December 2021)

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Mati Diop’s 2019 feature film Atlantics won the Grand Prix at Cannes that year. It is a polyphonic tale of migration, love, loss, and fantasy that takes place in Dakar, Senegal. Using fantasy and mystery to create opacity, as defined by the writer and theorist of postcolonialism Édouard Glissant, Diop seeks to give dignity to the victims of migration and to invite viewers to establish a relationship with the film. The combination of diverse poetic lines gives the film striking richness and resonance, as well as the ability to comment on ociopolitical issues without being limited to one interpretation. Despite the immobility of the problems she brings to the screen, Diop transmits hope for other mobilities, which she herself brings to life and embodies.

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Authors & Contributors
Supurna Banerjee
Anna-Leena Toivanen
Hosna J. Shewly
Gordon Mathews
Syntia Hasenöhrl
Godfrey Baldacchino
Concepts
Mobility
Migration
Postcolonialism
Intersectionality (Sociology)
Literature
Return migration
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
Places
Africa
China
Asia
Rangoon
Mediterranean Sea
Guangzhou (China)
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