10 Things I Learned: Black Girl

• 10 Things I Learned: Black Girl

  By Curtis Tsui

  Senegalese master Ousmane Sembène was already a celebrated novelist before becoming a filmmaker. His decision to direct was fueled by his recognition of cinema as a “political tool,” one that could rally the masses against a depicted social injustice, and reach audiences that a book, which depends on the literacy of its potential readers, could not.

   

   

   

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