The most accomplished black female filmmaker is without dispute, Ava Marie DuVernay , the outstanding award winning African American film director, producer and screenwriter. And following in her trail blazers' status is the French Senegalese Filmmaker, Mati Diop who just became the first black woman to make the Official Selection of the annual Cannes Film Festival in the competition for the Palme d'Or. You can read more about her on my previous updates or read Tambay Obenson's article on https://www.indiewire.com/2019/04/mati-diop-atlantiques-first-black-woman-cannes-2019-1202059926/ .

Nollywood diva, Genevieve Nnaji has become the first Nollywood filmmaker whose directorial debut feature has made the Official Selection in the Discovery section of the highly esteemed annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) of Canada. The world premiere of Lionheart will be held on the opening day of the film festival, Thursday, September 6, 2018. The opening film is "Outlaw King" by David Mackenzie and closing film is "Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy" by Justin Kelly. The film festival will end on Sunday, September 16.

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