Friday, October 9, 2009

Film Noire.

A cinematic term used to describe stylish hollywood crime dramas; especially those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation. Between the early 1940s and late 1950s.

'Black Girl'
(La Noire de ... / the black girl of...)

1966 film directed by Oosmane Sembene.
The film centers on Diouana, a young Senegalese women who moves from Senegal to France, to work for a rich french couple. In France, Diouana hopes to continue her former job as a nanny, and looks forward to a cosmopolitan lifestyle. However, upon arrival in Antibes, the couple begins to treat Diouana more harshly and she is forced to work in the capacity of a servent. Diouana becomes increasingly aware of her constrained and alienated situation.

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