How Filmmaker Tonia Mishiali Tackles Immigration, Patriarchy and Women’s Resilience in ’The Lion at My Back’

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Cypriot filmmaker Tonia Mishiali tackles immigration, the patriarchy and the strength of women in “The Lion at My Back,” which is playing in the Crystal Globe competition at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. The feature follows the bond that grows between Senegalese immigrant Mariama (Sokhna Diallo) and Stella (Elena Kallinikou), a woman who works at […]