Aymar Esse, Director of Open Doors World Premiere ‘My Father’s Kora,’ Discusses Challenges of Queer Cinema in Senegal

At Locarno Film Festival on August ninth, 'My Father's Kora' premieres in the Open Doors section—a program dedicated to African cinema since twenty twenty-five. Per Variety, the film is a co-production from Benin, Switzerland, and Germany, following an Afro-German trans man traveling to Dakar, Senegal to repair his father's kora. Director Aymar Esse's film engages with questions about queer storytelling in Senegal.

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