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Black Girl (Ousmane Sembene, 1966, 55 mins)
The directorial debut of acclaimed Senegalese author and filmmaker Ousmane Sembene (1923–2007) is about a young Senegalese woman, Diouna (Mbissine Thérèse Diop), who moves from Dakar to work for a white French couple.
Released six years after Senegalese independence and long before French films about ‘the immigrant experience’ became a genre, Black Girl explores what it means to be ‘post-colonial’ through the lens of a West African director whose life story was entangled with anti-colonial struggles and the challenges of post-colonial state-building. All films are in original languages with English subtitles.
This event is part of the ‘Decolonisation in Motion’ film season organised by University College at the Bodleian Library, 10 October-14 November 2023 www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/decolonisation-in-motion
In addition to the film, there will be 30-45 minutes of presentation, discussion, and Q&A.
Date:
25 October 2023, 17:30
Venue:
Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details:
Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre
Speakers:
Mobeen Hussain (University College, Oxford),
Lyn Joanne-Victoire Kouadio (University College, Oxford)
Organising department:
University College
Organiser contact email address:
natalya.vince@univ.ox.ac.uk
Part of:
Decolonisation in Motion - film season
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
https://forms.office.com/e/74N8SWiB6d
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Belinda Clark
