We are joined by culture writer and critic Murtada Elfadl to talk about BLACK GIRL, the breakthrough film for director Ousmane Sembene, who is widely regarded as the "father of African cinema." Being the first Sub-Saharan African film to make a splash on the world stage, the movie was also a breakthrough for African cinema as a whole. This radical tale of a young Senegalese woman who immigrates to France to have her dreams of a better life quickly shatter before her eyes is one of only two African films to have been included in the most recent Sight and Sound poll of the best films ever made, and one of the most influential movies of our time.   Keep up with Murtada and his work by follwing him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ME_Says Follow us on itunes and leave you ratings and reviews: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-criterion-project/id1479953904 Follow us on anchor https://anchor.fm/criterionproject Follow our twitter at https://twitter.com/criterionpod Check out Conrado's webseries WORMHOLES on youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC51Tg9gR5mXxEeaansRUYRw Follow Conrado's blog cocohitsny.wordpress.com/  Follow Conrado on Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/cofalco21/ Listen to Conrado's other podcasts like Foreign Invader and Movie Marriage: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foreign-invader/id1552560225 Rachel's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/hallmarkies Follow Rachel's blog at rachelsreviews.net Follow Rachel on twitter twitter.com/rachel_reviews Listen to Rachel's Reviews on Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/rachels-reviews/id1278536301?mt=2 Listen to  Hallmarkies Podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hallmarkies-podcast/id129672828 Our theme music is written by Michael Lloret: https://www.michael-lloret.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criterionproject/support