This was the director's first feature-length film. She becomes increasingly aware of her constrained and alienated situation and starts to question her life in France. However, upon her arrival in Antibes, Diouana experiences harsh treatment from the couple, who force her to work as a servant. ![]() ![]() In France, Diouana hopes to continue her former job as a nanny, and anticipates a new cosmopolitan lifestyle. The film centers on Diouana, a young Senegalese woman, who moves from Dakar, Senegal to Antibes, France to work for a French couple. Its original French title is La noire de…, which means "The black girl/woman of…", as in "someone's black girl", or "black girl from…". ![]() ![]() Black Girl is a 1966 French- Senegalese film by writer/director Ousmane Sembène, starring Mbissine Thérèse Diop.
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