Directory of World Cinema: Africa
Intellect Books (Verlag)
978-1-78320-391-8 (ISBN)
With a film industry divided by linguistic heritage, African directors do not have the luxury of producing comedies, thrillers, horror films, or even love stories, except perhaps as DVDs that do not travel far outside their country of production. Instead, African directors tend to cover serious sociopolitical ground, even under the cover of comedy, in the hopes of finding funds outside Africa. Contributors to this volume draw on filmic representations of the continent to consider the economic role of women, rural exodus, economic migration, refugees and diasporas, culture, religion and magic as well as representations of children, music, languages and symbols.
A survey of national cinemas in one volume, Directory of World Cinema: Africa is a necessary addition to the bookshelf of any cinephile and world traveller.
Blandine Stefanson taught French literature and cinema at the University of Adelaide until 2002 and is now researching postcolonial cultures in West Africa and New Caledonia. She contributed book chapters and journal articles on postcolonial literatures and/or cinema in Australian Journal of French Studies, Essays in French Literature, Etudes Francophones, Africultures, Dialogues et Cultures. She coordinated Littérature de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Notre Librairie 134) and co-edited Les historiens africains et la mondialisation/African Historians and Globalization. She was Guest Editor for volume 1 of Journal of African Cinemas (Issues 1 & 2) and is now co-editor of Directory of World Cinema: Africa (Intellect Books).
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Films of the Year
A Screaming Man
The Pirogue
Eighteen Days
Directors
Abderrahmane Sissako
Osvalde Lewat
Darrell Roodt
Francois Verster
Modes of Production
What is African Cinema? The Industries of African Cinema
French Funding and African Francophone Cinema
Bongo Movies: A Modern African Film Industry in Tanzania
Aesthetics
Scoring African Cinema
Locations: Authentic or Substituted
Festival Focus
Fespaco Film Festival
African Film Festivals Around the World
Drama
Documentary
Comedy
Social Issues
Childhood in African Cinema
Literary Adaptation
History and Film
Screening War, Surviving War
Africa Seen by ‘Outsiders’: Invention, Idea, Method
Surreal
(Home) Video Films from Nigeria and Ghana
Recommended Reading
African Cinema Online
Test Your Knowledge
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 15.10.2015 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Directory of World Cinema |
| Verlagsort | Bristol |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 671 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78320-391-9 / 1783203919 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78320-391-8 / 9781783203918 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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