Career Mbissine Thérèse Diop
1 career
1.1 black girl
1.2 emitai
1.3 later career
career
diop did not have interest in acting, rather planned pursue career in textiles, parachutist. recommendation of friend made diop think more acting , arts, , prompted diop reach out josephine baker. after correspondence, baker invited diop visit in france, diop had decline due cost. diop frequented cine-club in dakar, exposed french , american films, , later enrolled @ ecole des arts de dakar when sixteen, took night courses , studied under french actor robert fontaine (who later starred in black girl). diop worked seamstress during day.
black girl
a photographer working @ actualitiés sénégalaises took photograph of diop seen filmmaker ousmane sembène, contacted diop regarding black girl. diop s family opposed diop s interest in film, after sembène visited diop decided accept role. family , in neighborhood did not approve of choice, , actively scorned her.
in cineaste, poet a. van jordan wrote of diop s performance in black girl: diouana (mbissine thérèse diop) 1 of characters fall in love enter story. diop of actors want stare @ couple of hours, easy. equation emotional investment--if not unbridled infatuation, @ least--woven writing , casting.
emitai
in 1971, diop appeared in sembène s film emitai.
later career
diop still works in textiles.
Comments
Post a Comment