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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| 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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