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Ousmane Sembene (writer)
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A black girl from Senegal becomes a servant in France. full summary | add synopsis
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2 wins
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"Moolaadé," "Daisy Kenyon"
(From IFC. 25 March 2008, 6:48 AM, PDT)
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First film made by a Black African director
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Cast
(in credits order) | Mbissine Thérèse Diop | ... | Diouana |
| Anne-Marie Jelinek | ... | Madame (as Anne-Marie Jelinck) |
| Robert Fontaine | ... | Monsieur |
| Momar Nar Sene | ... | Diouana's Boyfriend |
| Ibrahima Boy | ... | Boy with Mask |
| Bernard Delbard | ... | Young Male Guest |
| Nicole Donati | ... | Young Female Guest |
| Raymond Lemeri | ... | Old Male Guest (as Raymond Lemery) |
| Suzanne Lemeri | ... | Old Female Guest (as Suzanne Lemery) |
| Philippe | ... | Couple's Oldest Son |
| Sophie | ... | Couple's Daughter |
| Damien | ... | Couple's Youngest Son |
| Toto Bissainthe | ... | Diouana (voice) |
| Robert Marcy | ... | Monsieur (voice) |
| Sophie Leclerc | ... | Madame (voice) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ousmane Sembene | ... | The Teacher (uncredited) |
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| Ousmane Sembene | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Ousmane Sembene | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| André Zwoboda | .... | producer | |
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| Christian Lacoste | |||
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| André Gaudier | |||
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Ibrahima Barro | .... | assistant camera | |
| Pathé Diop | .... | assistant camera | |
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- New Yorker Films (1969) (USA) (subtitled)
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Black Girl (Canada: English title) (USA)
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65 min
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This is believed to be the first feature film made by a black African in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for La noire de... (1966)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| SPOILER...towards the end of the film... | mstern18 |
| Terrible film | The_Man_From_Okinawa |
| Anne-Marie Jelinek | ramses1686 |
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I am very glad I finally saw "Black Girl." I missed seeing it when it was first released in the U.S., and now--36 years after it was produced--the film found its way to Upstate New York (Rochester Labor Film Festival).
We cannot judge this movie in 2002 terms--by those terms it is technically crude, and too short (only 65 minutes). The print shown in Rochester was of poor quality--especially just before and after reel changes.
Despite all these hurdles, I found "Black Girl" compelling and disturbing. The basic themes are the conflict and contrasts between White and Black, European and African, rich and poor, literate and non-literate. The contrasts are not subtle, but neither are they violent or brutal. There is no physical violence, but rather emotional and psychological violence.
Sembene--who had to learn his cinema craft in Russia because opportunities were denied him by the French--is a master. A master working without star actors and without state-of-the-art technology can still produce a masterpiece!