Black Girl Films Sans Frontieres

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Infobase, film distributor.

Films sans frontières (Firm)

Language:

French

Genre:

Internet videos

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (55 min., 44 sec)) sound

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2016

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Films Sans Frontieres, [1966]

System Details:

Streaming video file

System requirements: FOD playback platform

video file

Summary:

Directed by Ousmane Sembene. A Senegalese woman 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, the woman is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers. Her hope for better times turns to disillusionment and she falls into isolation and despair. The harsh treatment leads her to consider suicide the only way out. Featuring Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Anne-Marie Jelinek, Robert Fontaine. Country of production: Senegal. (With English subtitles.) Also released as La Noire de.... Viewer discretion is advised

Contents:

Black Girl (55:44);

Notes:

Originally released by Films Sans Frontieres, 1966

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2016

Title from distributor's description

OCLC:

1143537965

Publisher Number:

56905 Infobase

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license