In 1965, the Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene wrote and directed -- against the odds, with minimal support from his government and a few French patrons, and as a director with meager cinematic background -- the film Le noir de ... (Black Girl) about a young Senegalese immigrant domestic working for a French family in the Antibes. The film, the first feature directed by a black African, was hailed at the time by New York Times critic A.H. … [Read more...]