Screening of 'Indépendance Tey': Controversy Surrounding Bentaleb Sow's Comments Towards the LGBTQIA Community

The organization Cinéma du réel reacted to the 'intolerable' comments made by Bentaleb Sow, special advisor to President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, during a screening of the film Indépendance Tey. These statements are seen as supporting a discriminatory policy against LGBTQIA+ individuals. Cinéma du réel expressed its support for LGBTQIA+ people and journalists while denouncing stigmatizing discourse in a context of increasing repression, highlighted by the adoption of a law penalizing certain same-sex relationships.