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Mati Diop was initially disappointed when she, by reading a news article, discovered that she was the first Black female filmmaker in the Cannes Film Festival’s prestigious competi- tion in its 72-year history.

film profile] is one of the films taking part in this year’s International Feature Film Competition of Nyon’s Visions du Réel film festival. Zinder is a wind-swept town in the heart of the Sahel region. Kara Kara in particular is a place for the neglected, where unemployment is sky high and there are no future perspectives in sight. Said environment is a fertile ground for gangs to grow. Here, the local cartels, referred to as the “Palais”, have sprung up and are spreading their influ...