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Black Girl is a 1966 drama directed by Ousamane Sembene. Mbissine Therese Diop is featured in the leading role. She plays a young girl from Senegal who moves to France. She works for a wealthy French couple. She has high expectations that France is the land of golden opportunity. The movie carefully captures the racism and exploitation that the young woman encounters in France. Her employers treat her very harshly. Film critics consider this an important film that raises a number of issues about gender, racism, work exploitation and so on. It is also the first Sub-Saharan African film to gain international recognition.

Black Girl is a 1966 drama with a runtime of 1 hour and 5 minutes. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.4 and a MetaScore of 72.