In front of or behind the cameras, she excels. On November 8, 2021, Aïssa Maïga presented his first feature film, Walk on water, at the MK2 Odéon cinema after having screened it several times in festivals. An additional opportunity to celebrate the seventh art in charming company, since the 46-year-old director and actress was accompanied by many colleagues and many colleagues … but also of her husband Jérome, with whom she only appears on very rare occasions.
Little is known about Aïssa Maïga’s private life, except that she is mom of two : Sonni, born in 1996 and Kwameh, born in 2002. The father? His former companion, Stéphane Pocrain. Side friendship, on the other hand, the actress leaves no mystery hovering. She invited all her relatives, intimate as professionals, on November 8, 2021, in the sixth arrondissement of Paris. Assa Traoré, Lucie Lucas, Youssoupha, Rossy de Palma, Alma – Eurovision 2017 -, Imany and her husband Malick Ndiaye, Flora Coquerel, Awa Ly, Julie Judd, Steve Achiepo, Guy Lagache, Raphäl Yem, Marco Prince, Euzhan Palcy, Myriam Seurat, Sonia Rolland, Pierre Deladonchamps, Eva Husson, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Mata Gabin, Julie Bargeton, Sophie Duez, France Zobda, Anaïs Parello and Gary Dourdan were among others.
This adversity has been omnipresent in my career as an actress
Aïssa Maïga has made two documentaries at the same time, on three continents, even if it means accumulating long back and forths. The first, Black gaze, evokes anti-racism and was broadcast on Canal + in March 2021. Marcher sur l’eau, it is released in theaters on November 10, 2021 and follows the villagers of Tatise, in the north of Niger. Two diametrically opposed themes? “This is the question of the Other. The Other that is nature, the one who does not have the same color of skin, the woman who has inherited a subordinate position in society, she explains to Marie Claire. These fights are interconnected and our model, which is that of the domination of nature, of the female gender, of minorities, is to be questioned, even to be combated. This adversity has been omnipresent in my career as an actress. It’s a tough job for everyone but when, moreover, the racial question arises and in such a pernicious way …“
Actress, Aïssa Maïga will soon be showing at When you are older, a film by Andréa Bescond and Eric Métayer, as well as in the cast of an English series called The Fear Index, which is happening in the world of finance.