Matar (2023)
• November 18th, 2023 • 0h 8min
Documentary
Overview
Matar Dia, from Senegal, is now a mediation agent in an asylum center in Paris. He loves to draw, that’s why he painted the walls of the laundromat where he works. He tells us about his story and some of the residents’ as he shows us his art.
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