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Black Girl

1966 65 min ★ 7.2 Drama

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.

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Cast

Mbissine Thérèse Diop

Diouana

Anne-Marie Jelinek

Madame

Robert Fontaine

Monsieur

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

Suzanne Lemeri

Old Female Guest

Philippe

Couple's Oldest Son

Details

Director

Ousmane Sembène

Status

Released

Original Language

Production

Filmi Domirev, Les Actualités Françaises

Reviews

CRCulver

June 8, 2019

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 ...

Jaxob Zeier

July 24, 2025

★ 2/10

_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 **...