Black Girl

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"Black Girl" is a landmark 1966 Senegalese drama film by Ousmane Sembène that explores themes of colonialism, racism, and identity through the story of a young Senegalese woman working for a French family.

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Black Girl canonical 4

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instanceOf Senegalese film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Prix Jean Vigo ⓘ
basedOn short story by Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
castMember Anne-Marie Jelinek ⓘ
Mbissine Thérèse Diop ⓘ
Robert Fontaine ⓘ
cinematographyBy Christian Lacoste ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Senegal ⓘ
criticalReception highly acclaimed ⓘ
director Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
distributionRegion international ⓘ
distributor New Yorker Films ⓘ
editedBy Andrée Davanture ⓘ
filmMovement African cinema ⓘ
firstFeatureFilmBy Ousmane Sembène ⓘ
format black-and-white film ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
hasSubject domestic labor ⓘ
exploitation ⓘ
migration ⓘ
historicalSignificance considered a landmark of African cinema ⓘ
includedInList canon of African cinema classics ⓘ
leadActor Mbissine Thérèse Diop ⓘ
mainCharacter Diouana ⓘ
musicBy Joseph Gaertner ⓘ
narrativeFocus young Senegalese woman working for a French family ⓘ
notableFor being one of the first Sub-Saharan African films to gain international acclaim ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
Wolof ⓘ
originalTitle La Noire de… ⓘ
portrays alienation of African migrants in Europe ⓘ
psychological impact of racism ⓘ
relationship between former colony and colonizer ⓘ
productionCompany Les Actualités Françaises ⓘ
releaseDecade 1960s ⓘ
releaseYear 1966 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 65 ⓘ
setting France ⓘ
Senegal ⓘ
theme colonialism ⓘ
identity ⓘ
postcolonialism ⓘ
racism ⓘ
title Black Girl ⓘ
writer Ousmane Sembène ⓘ

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Ousmane Sembène → notableWork → Black Girl ⓘ
In the Pines → hasAlternativeTitle → Black Girl ⓘ
La Noire de… → EnglishTitle → Black Girl ⓘ
Black Girl → title → Black Girl ⓘ