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Black Girl

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audiovisual digital film film core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Ousmane Sembene, director

Canon Rationale

A core African cinema work, included for postcolonial film form, labor, migration, language, authorship, and Sembene's centrality to modern cinema.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 85.

Evidence

  • handbook: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Ousmane Sembene profile and Black Girl context.
  • review essay: Criterion Collection edition and essays for Black Girl.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency, access preservation required

Completion unit: watch the complete film with subtitles and version noted.

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