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In his pioneering work, the well-known Senegalese author and director depicts the complex dynamics of post-colonialism through the simple, harrowing story of a young woman. Diouana, a nanny, is taken to France by her French employers. She is looking forward to a cosmopolitan life on the Riviera. But there she quickly realises what it means to be African. She realises that she is nothing more than a commodity owned by her employers
In the West, she is just ‘the black girl’ to everyone. Robbed of her freedom, her dignity and her identity, her only option is a radical last act of resistance.
La Noire de… went down in history as the first film from (sub-Saharan) Africa. It received the Prix Jean Vigo in Cannes and numerous other awards.
“In his groundbreaking feature film debut “Black Girl”, master director Ousmane Sembène delivers a scathing critique of the legacy of colonialism through the story of Diouana, a young Senegalese woman whose new life in France, where she works for a white family, gradually turns out to be a trap.” Criterion Channel
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