[Marxism] Black Girl

[Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx>]

?Black Girl? (La Noire de?) is Ousmane Sembene?s first feature film. Made 
in 1966, it incorporates two of the elements that can be found in all of 
his subsequent work: deep empathy for his female characters and outrage 
over colonialism and its lingering impact in a period of formal national 
independence.

The main character is Diouana, an impoverished young woman who is lured 
into taking a slave-like housekeeping job in France by a couple she meets 
in Dakar. Played by Mbissine Thérèse Diop, a nonprofessional, Diouana is 
first seen going door to door in the wealthy white quarters looking for a 
job. Eventually she learns that there is a special location on a downtown 
curb where prospective employers can pick out a domestic. Anybody who is 
familiar with hiring practices for gardeners, construction workers and 
other day laborers in places like Los Angeles or Long Island will be struck 
by the similarity.

Full: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2006/10/13/black-girl/

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