Black Girl

1972 · 97 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 477 VOTES · DIR. Ossie Davis

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Overview

An aspiring dancer and her two wicked sisters resent their mother's love for a foster daughter.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,381 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:06 Man: Hold it. Wait a minute. I ain't ready.
00:08:21 Billie Jean, where you think you're going?
00:11:33 What teacher? And don't stand there and lie to me!
00:15:21 Is it the money?
00:18:59 I wasn't talking to you.
00:21:57 unless it's something else she doing.
00:24:48 Come on, gimme five.
00:28:38 I ain't giving every niggah's kid in the neighborhood
00:31:40 You getting any money for this?
00:34:52 I don't care what he do out in them streets,
00:38:44 I'll call and tell 'em you don't feel well.
00:42:20 You know I ain't happy doing that stuff.
00:47:11 No, I didn't have to go nowhere with Herbert.
00:51:08 Ann!
00:55:11 I ain't giving up my room to nobody.
01:00:29 do not mean we gonna let her walk in here
01:04:13 You don't dance anymore?
01:07:40 Think how proud mama Rosie would be--
01:11:00 I always said too much of that book stuff
01:15:10 You said you'd never change,
01:19:06 Now come on, y'all.
01:24:48 Then go get her.
01:28:02 Dear, Billie Jean is my child.
01:34:26 Just like me.

Cast & Characters

Leslie Uggams Netta
Claudia McNeil Mu' Dear Brock Peters Earl
Rhetta Greene Ruth Ann (as Loretta Greene)
Louise Stubbs Mama Rose
Peggy Pettit Billie Jean
Gloria Edwards Norma
Kent Martin Herbert
Ruby Dee Netta's mother
Gertrude Jeannette Sister Jenkins
Carl Byrd
Damu King
Erik Kilpatrick
Morris Buchanan
Bob Harris Ernie

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,381
Dialogue density14.2 lines / min
First line00:01:06
Final line01:34:26

Production Record

DirectorOssie Davis
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes477

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