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Black girl
Title
Black girl [videorecording] / Doomireew Films ; directed by Ousmane Sembene. Borom sarret / a film by Ousmane Sembene.
ISBN
1567303838
Published
[United States] : New Yorker Video, 2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
Black girl is based on a short story by Ousmane Sembene.
Black girl was produced in 1965; Borom sarret, in 1964.
Photography, Christian Lacoste ; editor, André Gaudier.
French dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Summary
In Black Girl, a Senegalese maid goes to the Riviera with her employers and gains a new perspective on what it means to be African outside of Africa. A story of exile and despair.
The short film Borom Sarret follows a cart driver in Dakar as he meets an unfortunate array of people.
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Borom sarret
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
French
Added to Catalog
December 08, 2005
Credits
Photography, Christian Lacoste ; editor, André Gaudier.
Performers
Black girl: Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinck, Momar Nar Sene, Robert Fontaine.
Borom sarret: Ly Abdoulaye, Albourah.
System details note
DVD; Dolby Digital.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
NYD 01305 New Yorker Video
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