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Black Girl is a 1966 drama film, written and directed by Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène in his feature directorial debut. It is based on a short story from Sembène's 1962 collection Voltaique, which was in turn inspired by a real life incident.

Production

During casting, a photographer working at the Actualitiés Sénégalaises took a photograph of Mbissine Thérèse Diop, which was seen by filmmaker Sembène, who contacted Diop regarding Black Girl. Diop's family was very opposed to Diop's interest in film, but after Sembène visited with Diop she decided to accept the role. Her family and those in her neighborhood did not approve of her choice, and actively scorned her.

The screenplay of Black Girl was rejected by the then-head of the Ministry of Cooperation’s Cinema Bureau, which provided funding for French-speaking films, likely because of the film's subject matter. Sembène reduced the film to a length of one hour to comply with the Centre national du cinéma, and production was done with a very low budget.

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