_Black Girl_ (1966) is not a movie I enjoyed; it's simply bad. I anticipate facing criticism and accusations of racism, sexism, and even support for domestic slavery just for expressing this opinion as a white male. However, that’s inaccurate! And I won’t accept the argument that a film doesn’t need to be enjoyable to be considered good—that idea is inherently contradictory. There's essentially no difference between …

Senegalese writer Ousmane Sembene helped pioneer feature filmmaking by Black Africans when he made La Noire de... ("Black Girl") in 1966. The story follows Diouana (Mbissine Thérèse Diop), a young woman from Senegal who gets hired as a nanny for a French family living in Dakar. At first, she’s happy to have the job, particularly because it's with a wealthy white family. However, once the family moves back to France a…