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