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la noire de… (black girl)
widely regarded as the first sub saharan african feature film, it follows the life of a young girl moving from dakar to work for a french colonial family as a nanny. it ended up being completely made in french instead of senegalese wolof because of interference from the french ministry of cooperation and film bureau. i think it’s one of those movies everyone who likes film should see at least once. btw if you’re interested in hearing what wolof sounds like, touki bouki is the film for you (check tws).
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@tiff
Sep 29, 2024
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@tiff
some of my notes from when i was trying to write up a review for this - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vlpcw8NcVfaTUQaxMRtauN3vyMxQNDlbihOWzr6DbXc/edit?usp=sharing
Sep 29, 2024
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@envy
I had to watch this one for a Postcolonial Theory class I took in university, but my memories of it are completely mixed up with my memories of Ketala, a book by Fatou Diome. Similar topic, less impact on the media landscape, but highly recommend it (though I'm not sure if there's an English translation). Anyway, pretty cool to have a memory like this unlocked by a random rec on a lazy Sunday night
Sep 29, 2024
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@tiff
envy making a note to look up ketala hopefully my rudimentary french can parse if need be, thanks a lot for the rec. glad to have helped unlock a memory, have a lovely sunday evening!
Sep 29, 2024
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