A seminal film from the 1966 detailing an African national's trip to France because of a job but it is soon apparent the times & attitudes are against her. Shot in crisp black & white & w/a constant African score playing in the background, our heroine was promised a position as an aupair of sorts for the mistress of the house but when her duties become those of a domestic, the true nature of master & servant become disappointingly evident. A certain passive resignation fuels the film's fatalism as the film marches to its expected end but there is a certain dignity achieved when the domestic achieves a kind of noble grace in her refusal to concede to her station.
Review of Black Girl
