Black Girl

Black Girl
7.3

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Directed by: Ousmane Sembène

Overview

Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization.

Black Girl

Reviews (2)

  • CRCulver (Not rated)

    In 1966, Senegalese author Ousmane Sembene was among the first Black Africans to shoot a feature film with La Noire de... ("Black Girl"). It deals with the plight of Diouana (Mbissine Thérèse Diop), a Senegalese girl who is hired on as a nanny by a French expat family in Dakar. Initially she ...

  • Jaxob Zeier (Rated: 2)

    Black Girl (1966) is a bad movie. I didn’t like it. I know, I know… I’m going to be bashed by others by accusing me of being a racist and/or a sexist and worse yet, claim that I am in favor of domestic slavery, because I am a white male. That is NOT so! And no, don’t give me the whole “a g...

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