Black Girl (1966 film)
French-Senegalese film by Ousmane Sembène / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Black Girl (French: La noire de...) is a 1966 French-Senegalese drama film, written and directed by Ousmane Sembène in his directorial debut.[1] It is based on a short story from Sembène's 1962 collection Voltaique, which was in turn inspired by a real life incident. Black Girl stars Mbissine Thérèse Diop as Diouana, a young Senegalese woman who moves from Dakar, Senegal to Antibes, France to work for a French couple. In France, Diouana hopes to continue her former job as a nanny and anticipates a new cosmopolitan lifestyle. However, upon her arrival in Antibes, Diouana experiences harsh treatment from the couple, who force her to work as a servant. She becomes increasingly aware of her constrained and alienated situation and starts to question her life in France.
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Directed by | Ousmane Sembène |
Written by | Ousmane Sembène |
Produced by | André Zwoboda |
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Cinematography | Christian Lacoste |
Edited by | André Gaudier |
Distributed by | New Yorker Video |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
Countries | France Senegal |
Language | French |
Black Girl is often considered the first Sub-Saharan African film by an African filmmaker to receive international attention.[2] Although it was poorly received by Western film critics upon its initial release, by the 2010s it came to be seen as a classic of world cinema.