Mariama Diallo
Mariama Diallo is a Senegalese-American director and writer that grew up on Roosevelt Island in New York City.[1] Her work includes the Sundance Festival award winning short film Hair Wolf and the upcoming feature film Master.
As a child Diallo was obsessed with the Goosebumps series and when her grandmother gave her a book with a horrifying cover that she placed in the back of her bookshelf was when her love for horror first came to fruition. Diallo was 14 when she first envisioned her film career while in a Blockbuster Video store. With no experience Diallo was accepted into Yale as a film studies major and realized her passion to write along with direct. Some of the genres that shaped her style are horror and sci-fi.[2]
Her short film Hair Wolf is a take on cultural appropriation and gentrification that highlights a group of African American woman working in a salon and trying to survive from a group of white woman who were trying to take their culture. "Hair Wolf" speaks to how white social media stars and other white celebrities have been stealing African American Culture and have sold it off as their own.[3] Diallo was also part of the writers room for the variety show Random Acts of Flyness, even directing four episodes. Monster a horror film written and directed by Diallo will be her first feature film. Starring Regina Hall who is also executive producing, the film will focus on two African-American woman who are attending a predominately white Ivy League college where they experience haunting activities.[4]
References[edit]
- ↑ "hair-wolf". www.sundance.org.
- ↑ Christian, Daniel. "Mariama Diallo".
- ↑ https://shadowandact.com/on-cultural-appropriation-gentrification-and-horror-with-the-director-of-brooklyn-beauty-shop-set-hair-wolf
- ↑ N'Duka, Amanda; N'Duka, Amanda (November 13, 2019). "Regina Hall To Executive Produce & Star In 'Master' Drama For Amazon Studios".
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