Black Girl

“Black Girl by Ousmane Sembène. And he’s a Senegalese director. And I love this movie because it tells a very good story of the… the difficulty in the life of somebody coming from their country to the… the country that colonized that country. And it’s just beautifully shot. It’s… It’s one of my favorites.”

“I have Black Girl directed by Ousmane Sembène, which I've—oh yeah, I've always wanted to see it. I've never seen it.”

“Whenever someone asks me like which Sembène film to watch, there are many, but this one I think is just so close to my heart. I just thought maybe like the first film I ever saw that really focused on a Black Girl, period. And so I just absolutely love this film and its biting commentary.”

“The Black Girl. I grew up in Cameroon and wanted to do Cinema without having any Legacy about Cinema... Black Girl really putting in my face my own colonization because I went to Belgium to study Cinema and hoping that in Belgium I would learn how to tell my story but I discovered that I already have it in me. What I really learned in Belgium was just some tools or how to think about that Cinema. What do you want to say Rosine? What do you want to say?”

“Film I love very much, Black Girl. It's not exactly feel-good movie of the year. Beautifully made film, one of the greatest. So thank you for that. You know, I always thought this film and Black Girl would be a good double bill.”

“Black Girl. My Mother took me to see this maybe when I was ten. I know I thought it was boring a little bit at the time. You know, you're ten and there's no action happening right away. But by the middle of the film, even as a ten-year-old, I was totally engrossed.”