Black Girl

Black Girl

Sinopse

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.

  • 7.3
  • 1966
  • Released
  • 1h 5m
Status

Released

Original Language

fr

Keywords
  • #immigrant
  • #suicide
  • #work
  • #france
  • #homesickness
  • #servant
  • #southern france
  • #exploitation
  • #senegal
  • #french riviera
  • #loneliness
  • #racism
  • #black and white
  • #maid
  • #employer employee relationship
  • #antibes
  • #discrimination
  • #black maid
  • #working woman
  • #solitude
  • #master servant relationship
  • #poor woman
  • #1960s
  • #west africa
  • #dakar
  • #enslaving work
  • #senegalese cinema
  • #black woman
  • #foreign country
  • #black exploitation
  • #french racism

Reviews

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@JacobZeier925 months ago

_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 good movie doesn’t have to enjoyable” nonsense, because that’s inherently contradictory. There is **

C
@CRCulverover 6 years ago

In 1966, Senegalese author Ousmane Sembene was among the first Black Africans to shoot a feature film with <i>La Noire de...</i> ("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 is elated to have work, and moreover, work for the country's white elites. After the family returns

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