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.
All labels observed (1)
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| La Noire de… canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8624631 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Noire de… Context triple: [Ousmane Sembène, notableWork, La Noire de…]
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A.
Noire et blanche
Noire et blanche is a 1926 surrealist photograph by Man Ray that juxtaposes a woman's face with an African mask, exploring themes of identity, otherness, and modernist aesthetics.
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B.
Carte Noire
Carte Noire is a French coffee brand known for its premium roasted coffee products, now owned by the Italian coffee company Lavazza.
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C.
Terret Noir
Terret Noir is a light-colored, relatively rare French wine grape variety traditionally used in southern Rhône and Languedoc blends for its freshness and acidity.
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D.
Bleu noir
Bleu noir is a 2010 studio album by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer that blends pop, electronic, and dark atmospheric influences.
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E.
La Blanche et la Noire
La Blanche et la Noire is a famous 1913 painting by Swiss-French artist Félix Vallotton that starkly contrasts two reclining female nudes to explore themes of race, intimacy, and power.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: La Noire de… Target entity description: 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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A.
Noire et blanche
Noire et blanche is a 1926 surrealist photograph by Man Ray that juxtaposes a woman's face with an African mask, exploring themes of identity, otherness, and modernist aesthetics.
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B.
Carte Noire
Carte Noire is a French coffee brand known for its premium roasted coffee products, now owned by the Italian coffee company Lavazza.
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C.
Terret Noir
Terret Noir is a light-colored, relatively rare French wine grape variety traditionally used in southern Rhône and Languedoc blends for its freshness and acidity.
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D.
Bleu noir
Bleu noir is a 2010 studio album by French singer-songwriter Mylène Farmer that blends pop, electronic, and dark atmospheric influences.
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E.
La Blanche et la Noire
La Blanche et la Noire is a famous 1913 painting by Swiss-French artist Félix Vallotton that starkly contrasts two reclining female nudes to explore themes of race, intimacy, and power.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Senegalese film
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film ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
gender and race in domestic work
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neo-colonial power relations ⓘ |
| awarded | Prix Jean Vigo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | short story by Ousmane Sembène ⓘ |
| characterPortrayed | Mbissine Thérèse Diop as Diouana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Christian Lacoste NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed by film critics ⓘ |
| depicts |
psychological impact of colonialism
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racist attitudes of a French bourgeois couple ⓘ |
| director | Ousmane Sembène NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distribution | New Yorker Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Andrée Davanture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EnglishTitle | Black Girl NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmMovement | African cinema ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasFilmFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| historicalContext | post-independence Senegal ⓘ |
| includedIn | Criterion Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later generations of African filmmakers ⓘ |
| leadActor | Mbissine Thérèse Diop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Diouana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
domestic labor
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exploitation ⓘ migration ⓘ postcolonial racism ⓘ |
| musicBy | Joseph Gaertner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | voice-over narration by Diouana ⓘ |
| notableFor |
first feature-length film by a sub-Saharan African director widely seen internationally
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landmark of African cinema ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
French
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Wolof NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Les Actualités Françaises NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | domestic worker ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| restorationSponsor | World Cinema Project NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| restoredBy |
Cineteca di Bologna
NERFINISHED
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The Film Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 65 ⓘ |
| screenplayBy | Ousmane Sembène NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Antibes
NERFINISHED
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Dakar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| symbolism | African mask as symbol of identity ⓘ |
| title | La Noire de… NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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