Storyline Edit. A Senegalese woman is eager to find a better life abroad. She takes a job as a governess for a French family, but finds her duties reduced to those of a maid after the family moves from Dakar to the south of France. In her new country, the woman is constantly made aware of her race and mistreated by her employers. Her hope for better times turns to disillusionment and she falls into isolation and despair. The harsh treatment leads her to consider suicide the only way out.
Not Rated. Did you know Edit. Trivia This is believed to be the first feature film made by a black African in sub-Saharan Africa. Goofs When Diouana goes to bed, she is wearing her wig. When wakes up, she is in curlers. Quotes Diouana : Never again will the mistress scold me. Alternate versions A 70 min. It was cut to adjust to the length requirements of the French producers. User reviews 21 Review. Top review. The print I saw was a bit erratic and grainy, and included one jumpy sequence in color, whereas the rest was in black and white.
This is the deceptively simple story of a woman from Senegal who joins a French family in France to be their nanny touches on many cultural, colonial, racial, and emotional issues, and if you look for easy answers, or answers at all, you'll be disappointed. There's a bit of French New Wave to the film, though it's really mostly African, featuring Senegalese music on the soundtrack.
The only real flaw I see is that the story is told rather sketchily, with little in the way of clues as to the timing. Do the events take place over the course of a few days or weeks? The ending comes up so quickly that it feels a little forced, though not entirely unexpected. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Video Audio icon An illustration of an audio speaker. Audio Software icon An illustration of a 3.
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Please see your browser settings for this feature. EMBED for wordpress. Gloria Edwards Norma as Norma. Ruby Dee Netta's mother as Netta's mother. Kent Martin Herbert as Herbert. Carl Byrd. Damu King. Erik Kilpatrick. Morris Buchanan. Bob Harris Ernie as Ernie. Ossie Davis. Franklin play screenplay. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. She's got to cut it Add content advisory.
Did you know Edit. Trivia This is Leslie Uggams's first feature film. Goofs When Netta is talking to Ruth Ann about "white boys at college", she crosses her arms. The camera angle shifts to the opposite side of her and she crosses them again although she had not previously uncrossed them. Quotes Mama Rose : [Billie Jean is sulking in her bedroom.
Connections Edited into Afro Promo User reviews 13 Review. Top review. Well acted adaptation of stage play. Black Girl, originally a play by Texas born writer J. Franklin, was adapted for the screen by Franklin and directed by the great Ossie Davis. The result is a stagey but effective extended family drama, with three sisters Gloria Edwards, Loretta Greene, and Peggy Pettit plotting against the successful adopted fourth daughter Leslie Uggams.
Brock Peters is top-billed as the father of the girls, but his performance is little more than a glorified cameo, and it's up to the women to carry the show. Most effective are Greene, as the pregnant middle daughter, Louise Stubbs as the mother, and Claudia McNeill as the grandmother and matriarch of the family. Less effective is Uggams, whose droopy eyed look simply doesn't evince much sympathy, and Edwards, who is over the top at times as the eldest and meanest sibling.
There's a brief non-speaking appearance by Mrs. Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, and a sterling performance by an uncredited gentlemen who plays Mr. Herbert, a boarder who has shacked up with McNeill's character. This film is all about the characters, and there are some meaty scenes, especially when Uggams returns home from college unannounced. The film was clearly a labour of love, and all things considered, is a simple but solid effort, quite moving at times and generally effective.
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