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