La Noire de…

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La Noire de… is a landmark 1966 Senegalese film by Ousmane Sembène that explores postcolonial racism and exploitation through the story of a young Senegalese woman working for a French couple.

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instanceOf Senegalese film
film
addressesIssue gender and race in domestic work
neo-colonial power relations
awarded Prix Jean Vigo
basedOn short story by Ousmane Sembène
characterPortrayed Mbissine Thérèse Diop as Diouana
cinematographyBy Christian Lacoste
countryOfOrigin Senegal
criticalReception acclaimed by film critics
depicts psychological impact of colonialism
racist attitudes of a French bourgeois couple
director Ousmane Sembène
distribution New Yorker Films
editedBy Andrée Davanture
EnglishTitle Black Girl
filmMovement African cinema
genre drama
hasFilmFormat black-and-white
historicalContext post-independence Senegal
includedIn Criterion Collection
influenced later generations of African filmmakers
leadActor Mbissine Thérèse Diop
mainCharacter Diouana
mainTheme domestic labor
exploitation
migration
postcolonial racism
musicBy Joseph Gaertner
narrativePerspective voice-over narration by Diouana
notableFor first feature-length film by a sub-Saharan African director widely seen internationally
landmark of African cinema
originalLanguage French
Wolof
productionCompany Les Actualités Françaises
protagonistOccupation domestic worker
releaseYear 1966
restorationSponsor World Cinema Project
restoredBy Cineteca di Bologna
The Film Foundation
runtimeMinutes 65
screenplayBy Ousmane Sembène
setting Antibes
Dakar
symbolism African mask as symbol of identity
title La Noire de…

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Ousmane Sembène notableWork La Noire de…
La Noire de… title La Noire de…
Black Girl originalTitle La Noire de…