{"id":49276,"date":"2023-03-26T09:44:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T09:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=49276"},"modified":"2023-03-26T09:44:57","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T09:44:57","slug":"is-this-a-nightmare-shock-and-outrage-as-south-african-film-board-rejects-groundbreaking-african-classic-black-girl-over-hate-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=49276","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Is This a Nightmare?\u2019: Shock and Outrage as South African Film Board Rejects Groundbreaking African Classic \u2018Black Girl\u2019 Over \u2018Hate Speech\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Joburg Film Festival defiantly went ahead with a screening of Ousmane Semb\u00e8ne\u2019s \u201cBlack Girl\u201d on Thursday, refusing to bow to political pressure after South Africa\u2019s Film and Publications Board (FPB) denied it permission to hold a public screening of the Senegalese director\u2019s groundbreaking debut. 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