Mariama Diallo on 'Eve's Bayou'
The director of the new horror film MASTER talks to us about her film, and about seeing herself in the title character of the 1997 drama EVE’S BAYOU.
Episode 19 of the Feeling Seen podcast, hosted by Jordan Crucchiola, titled "Mariama Diallo on 'Eve's Bayou'" was published on March 17, 2022 and runs 53 minutes.
March 17, 2022 ·53m · Feeling Seen
Summary
The director of the new horror film MASTER talks to us about her film, and about seeing herself in the title character of the 1997 drama EVE’S BAYOU.
Episode Description
Mariama Diallo’s new debut feature film, MASTER, may be a horror movie, but just like Kasi Lemmons’ first feature, EVE’S BAYOU, it tackles themes of ritual and the supernatural. Mariama was about the same age as Eve (Jurnee Smollett) when she first saw the film. She and Jordan discuss both films, and the ways in which the promise of progress in ‘90s entertainment have been slow to materialize.
Then, Jordan’s got some really important stuff to say about feeling seen by another title character: The Batman.
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