Brooks Films

Black Girl, 7 pm tonight. We first screened this 1966 Senegalese film at the Brooks 29 years ago and tonight we're revealing the 50th anniversary 4K restoration, hailed as "a radical political statement and one of the essential films of the 1960s.” Both a landmark of world cinema and a devastating indictment of colonialism’s tragic legacy, Black Girl is the first African film to receive international acclaim. Please join us tonight!

Black Girl Trailer - Ousmane Sembene - Senegal, France The first major work of Senegalese director Ousmane Sembéne, this 1966 film is widely recognised as one of the founding works of African cinema. What starts ...