Black Girl at (almost) 60

This presentation is drawn from my recent book on Black Girl (Bloomsbury/BFI Film Classics, June 2025). If Black Girl could be considered the very spark that ignited the entire field of African cinemas, how far might this map extend? In this presentation, I will focus on the film’s sonic frames and its visual echoes. I will begin with the film’s use of sound and voice (the sonic frames) and then I will discuss the film’s legacy in the contemporary by way of visual frames and visual echoes.