sentences:  In his 1997 book "Movies as Politics", Jonathan Rosenbaum makes a case for "Black Girl" as the symbolic genesis of sub-Saharan African filmmaking, at least to the extent that the authorship belonged to a born and bred African.In addition, the film, being from the perspective of a Senegalese female, acts as a rare reflection of the voices of the colonized.While Senegal had gained independence in 1960 (before the film takes place), colonial oppression still thrives throughout the film.