About this Event
About the Film
Black Girl
Ousmane Sembène, one of the greatest and most groundbreaking filmmakers who ever lived and the most internationally renowned African director of the twentieth century, made his feature debut in 1966 with the brilliant and stirring Black Girl (La noire de . . .). Sembène, who was also an acclaimed novelist in his native Senegal, transforms a deceptively simple plot—about a young Senegalese woman who moves to France to work for a wealthy white couple and finds that life in their small apartment becomes a figurative and literal Pr*son—into a complex, layered critique on the lingering colonialist mindset of a supposedly postcolonial world. Featuring a moving central performance by Mbissine Thérèse Diop, Black Girl is a harrowing human drama as well as a radical political statement—and one of the essential films of the 1960s.
Narrative Feature (1966)
Runtime: 59 min
Language: French, Wolof
Dir. Ousmane Sembène
Note: Subtitles are provided for this screening.
Borom Sarret
This groundbreaking short film, which won first prize at the 1963 Touris Film Festival in France, was the directorial debut of Ousmane Sembène.
Narrative Short (1963)
Runtime: 18 min
Language: French
Director: Ousmane Sembène
Note: Subtitles are available for this film.
People’s Cinema Club is a new microcinema powered by BlackStar at the Village of Industry and Art.
The cinema club hosts intimate screenings for local audiences right in the heart of Center City Philadelphia. People’s Cinema Club is a collaboration between BlackStar Projects, cinéSPEAK, Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival, and Philadelphia Asian American Film Foundation.
The People’s Cinema Club is made possible through support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Village of Industry & Art is a center for creativity, craft, and community in the heart of Philadelphia.
Learn more about BlackStar Projects here: https://blackstarprojects.org/
Visiting Us
Accessibility
The Village of Industry & Art is a historic building with inherited facilities. For ADA access, please enter at the Pine Street Entrance (1431 Pine Street), where a staff member will guide you to the screening room.
If you require accessible entrance, please contact us at [email protected]
Parking
The Village of Industry & Art is located in Center City. There is no on-site parking available. It is suggested that visitors use SEPTA or rideshare when possible. Uber and Lyfts’ VIA pin will drop you off at 320 S. Broad Street (VIA's main entrance).
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Event venue & nearby stays
Village of Industry & Art, 320 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, United States
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