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'Saint Omer' Director Alice Diop
Episode 197

'Saint Omer' Director Alice Diop

IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit · Chris O'Falt

January 13, 202328m 46s

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Show Notes

Alice Diop, director of "Saint Omer," discusses why the film sits at an intersection between fiction and documentary, how sound and editing each influence the way the viewer understands what happens and connects the film's two protagonists, and the powerful, political impact of centering black women in the camera frame.

Note: a French version of this conversation with Diop's answers presented without translation begins at 16:03.

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