Black girl
(DVD)
Contributors
Sembène, Ousmane, 1923-2007, film director.
Diop, Mbissine Thérèse, actor.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Diop, Mbissine Thérèse, actor.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].
Edition
Special edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (59 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD with special features.
Status
Atascadero Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atascadero Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual | Fiction | On Shelf |
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Published
[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2017].
Format
DVD
Edition
Special edition.
Language
fre
UPC
715515192019
Notes
General Note
May contain booklet with essay.
General Note
May contain a disc with special features.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1966.
General Note
Special features: excerpt from a 1966 broadcast of JT 20h, featuring Sembène accepting the Prix Jean Vigo for Black Girl; new interview with actor M'Bissine Thérèse Diop; trailer; essay by critic Ashley Clark.
Participants/Performers
M'bissine Thérèse Diop.
Description
A young Senegalese woman moves to France to work for a wealthy white couple and finds that life in their small apartment becomes a prison, both figuratively and literally, into a complexly layered critique of the lingering colonialist mindset of a supposedly postcolonial world.
System Details
DVD, mono, fullscreen (1.37:1).
Language
French or Wolof dialogue; English subtitles.
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