26 Quotes by Maimouna Doucoure

For me, what counts the most is my film. I can express myself and therefore take care of myself through my art. Cinema not only heals me, but it can change the world.

Streamers are a great way to get my stories out and share my messages with more people.

What happens is young girls see images of women being objectified, and the more the woman becomes an object the more followers and likes she has - they see that as a role model and try to imitate these women, but they're not old enough to know what they're doing.

I'm a French director, but what's important for me is that my stories have a universal message, whatever language they're filmed in.

I really wanted to show the suffering of women and particularly of children because, for me, we often forget to think about them and speak to them.

My father is a street sweeper, my mother works in a shop.

We need cinema to know each other and love each other.

Today you have that exposition of your body on social media and you also have this big competition of finding 'likes' and followers and that is for me a new kind of finding love.

I was at a community event in Paris a few years ago when a group of young girls came on the stage dressed and dancing in a very risque way. They were only 11 years old, and their performance was shocking.