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‘The future belongs to women’: Senegalese director Moussa Sene Absa at Luxor African Film Festival

The 14th edition of the Luxor African Film Festival (9-14 January) honoured the Senegalese director Moussa Sene Absa, known as the father of suburban cinema. We talk to Sene Absa about his career and inspirations. Born in 1958 in the working-class neighbourhood of Tableau Ferraille, near the Senegalese capital Dakar, Moussa Sene Absa was introduced to Indian cinema by his friends at a very young age. He moved to France in the early 1980s, where he immersed himself in the artistic scene, exploring theatre, embarking on acting and taking screenplay writing courses at the University of Paris.