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Title: Taut, Moving 'Black Girl' Helped Put African Cinema On The Map
Post by: AngelOfThyNight on February 10, 2017, 01:34:37 PM

Taut, Moving 'Black Girl' Helped Put African Cinema On The Map

Fifty years after its debut, a restored version of Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène's first film is now available. John Powers says Black Girl feels "as timely today as it did half a century ago."
     

Fifty years after its debut, a restored version of Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène's first film is now available. John Powers says Black Girl feels "as timely today as it did half a century ago."

Source: Taut, Moving 'Black Girl' Helped Put African Cinema On The Map (http://www.npr.org/2017/02/10/513912418/taut-moving-black-girl-helped-put-african-cinema-on-the-map?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=movies)