Event details
Apr
13
Princeton French Film Festival - Free Screening of Ousmane Sembène's classic "Black Girl" (1966) followed by Q&A with Johanna Makabi
Princeton French Film Festival - Free Screening of Ousmane Sembène's classic "Black Girl" (1966) followed by Q&A with Johanna Makabi
As part of the second edition of the Princeton French Film Festival, you're invited to the free screening of Ousmane Sembène's Black Girl (French: La noire de...)(1966), a classic of world cinema by “the father of African cinema” who follows Diouana (Mbissine Thérèse Diop), a Senegalese woman who is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family, but finds her duties reduced to those of a maid after the family moves from Dakar to the south of France. In her new country, Diouana is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers. Her hope for better times turns to disillusionment.
Free and open to everyone upon registration, this screening will be followed by a short movie interview (Notre Mémoire, 12 minutes) of actress Mbissine Thérèse Diop made by filmmaker Johanna Makabi who will be in attendance for a Q&A.
Check out the Festival's whole schedule on our website.
As part of the second edition of the Princeton French Film Festival, you're invited to the free screening of Ousmane Sembène's Black Girl (French: La noire de...)(1966), a classic of world cinema by “the father of African cinema” who follows Diouana (Mbissine Thérèse Diop), a Senegalese woman who is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family, but finds her duties reduced to those of a maid after the family moves from Dakar to the south of France. In her new country, Diouana is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers. Her hope for better times turns to disillusionment.
Free and open to everyone upon registration, this screening will be followed by a short movie interview (Notre Mémoire, 12 minutes) of actress Mbissine Thérèse Diop made by filmmaker Johanna Makabi who will be in attendance for a Q&A.
Check out the Festival's whole schedule on our website.
Speakers
Johanna Makabi
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