Black Girl (re-release)
1966 65 min

Black Girl (re-release)

La Noire de...

Director Ousmane Sembene
Cast Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine

In the restored masterpiece Black Girl, a young woman named Diouana leaves Senegal for the south of France, dreaming of a cosmopolitan new life. Hired as a governess for a wealthy family, she quickly finds her dreams shattered by a suffocating reality of discrimination and isolation. Director Ousmane Sembène masterfully weaves present-day struggles with poignant flashbacks to her former life, exposing the ominous undercurrents of post-colonial power dynamics. This cinematic landmark remains a powerful and haunting exploration of identity and the harsh boundaries of freedom.

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Currently playing in the Netherlands in: Amersfoort, Amsterdam, Arnhem, Breda, Delft, Den Haag, Dordrecht, Groningen, Leeuwarden, Leiden. View all showtimes at cinemas like Botanique, Chassé Cinema, De Lieve Vrouw, De Uitkijk, Eye, Filmhuis Den Haag, Filmtheater De Witt, Focus Filmtheater, Forum, Kijkhuis, LAB111, Lumen, Slieker.