Aïssa Maïga

Personal context

Summary

Aïssa Maïga is a French actor, director, and writer known for films including Bamako and The African Doctor. Her work as a director includes Regard noir, about racism and representation in cinema, and Marcher sur l’eau, about climate change and its effects on a Nigerien village. She co-initiated the book Noire n’est pas mon métier, spoke at the 2020 César ceremony about the lack of diversity in French cinema, and has publicly supported feminist and anti-racist causes, including women’s rights and Black Lives Matter demonstrations. She has described ecology, feminism, and anti-racism as interconnected; no prominent party affiliation or candidate campaigning is on record.