Africa Shoots Back

Africa Shoots Back
Title Africa Shoots Back PDF eBook
Author Melissa Thackway
Publisher James Currey Publishers
Pages 2
Release 2003
Genre Literary Collections
ISBN 0852555768

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Filmmakers in sub-Saharan francophone Africa have been using cinema since independence in the sixties to challenge existing Western stereotypes of the continent. The author shows how directors working in a postcolonial context that has inevitably influenced film agendas and styles have produced a range of alternative, challenging representations. This well illustrated book focuses on the ways in which memory and history have become central themes and how local cultural forms have been integrated into the film medium to depict African identities, realities and concerns. By highlighting the importance of the representation and cultural identity questions, filmmakers are seen to have forged new cinematic codes and given voice to hitherto silenced groups such as women or African immigrant populations in Europe. North America: Indiana U Press

Africa Shoots Back

Africa Shoots Back
Title Africa Shoots Back PDF eBook
Author Melissa Thackway
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 244
Release 2003
Genre History
ISBN 9780253216427

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"Filmmakers in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa have been using cinema since independence in the Sixties to challenge existing Western stereotypes of the continent. The author shows how directors working in a postcolonial context that has inevitably influence film agendas and styles have produced a range of alternative, challenging representations"--Page 4 of cover.

The Perfect Shot

The Perfect Shot
Title The Perfect Shot PDF eBook
Author Kevin Robertson
Publisher Quiller
Pages 0
Release 2005-07-29
Genre Big game hunting
ISBN 9781571573193

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An invaluable reference guide to the sport hunter of African game animals. It includes information from the natural history and sex determination of the game trophy through to the rifle, calibre, bullet selection and shot placement. An excellent mini edition to take with you.

Cinema and Development in West Africa

Cinema and Development in West Africa
Title Cinema and Development in West Africa PDF eBook
Author James E. Genova
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 223
Release 2013-09-25
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 025301011X

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“Illuminates the enduring importance of political and economic dynamics not yet fully explored in the study of African cinema.” —Africa Cinema and Development in West Africa shows how the film industry in Francophone West African countries played an important role in executing strategies of nation building during the transition from French rule to the early postcolonial period. James E. Genova sees the construction of African identities and economic development as the major themes in the political literature and cultural production of the time. Focusing on film both as industry and aesthetic genre, he demonstrates its unique place in economic development and provides a comprehensive history of filmmaking in the region during the transition from colonies to sovereign states.

Africa and France

Africa and France
Title Africa and France PDF eBook
Author Dominic Thomas
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 445
Release 2013-03-20
Genre Political Science
ISBN 0253007038

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An “excellent [and] incisive” look at identity, immigration, and culture in postcolonial France (Journal of West African History). This stimulating and insightful book reveals how increased control over immigration has changed cultural and social production in theater, literature, and even museum construction. Dominic Thomas’s analysis unravels the complex cultural and political realities of long-standing mobility between Africa and Europe. Thomas questions the attempt to place strict limits on what it means to be French or European and offers a sense of what must happen to bring about a renewed sense of integration and global Frenchness. “Essential reading for anyone investigating the debates surrounding contemporary French identity and the ever-changing relationship between France and her former colonial possessions.” —African Studies Bulletin

Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers

Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers
Title Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers PDF eBook
Author Suzanne Crosta
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 207
Release 2023-10-03
Genre Performing Arts
ISBN 0253066549

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Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is groundbreaking edited collection which explores the contributions of Francophone African women to the field of documentary filmmaking. Rich in its scope and critical vision it constitutes a timely contribution to cutting-edge scholarly debates on African cinemas. Featuring 10 chapters from prominent film scholars, it explores the distinctive documentary work and contributions of Francophone African women filmmakers since the 1960s. It focuses documentaries by North African and Sub-Saharan women filmmakers, including the pioneering work of Safi Faye in Kaddu Beykat, Rama Thiaw's The Revolution Will Not be Televised, Katy Lena Ndiaye's Le Cercle des noyes and En attendant les hommes, Dalila Ennadre's Fama: Heroism Without Glory and Leila Kitani's Nos lieux interdits. Shunned from costly fictional- 35mm-filmmaking, Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers examines how these women engaged and experimented with documentary filmmaking in personal, evocative ways that countered the officially sanctioned, nationalist practice of show and teach/promote.

African Cinema: Manifesto and Practice for Cultural Decolonization

African Cinema: Manifesto and Practice for Cultural Decolonization
Title African Cinema: Manifesto and Practice for Cultural Decolonization PDF eBook
Author Michael T. Martin
Publisher Indiana University Press
Pages 637
Release 2023-08-08
Genre Art
ISBN 0253066220

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Challenging established views and assumptions about traditions and practices of filmmaking in the African diaspora, this three-volume set offers readers a researched critique on black film. Volume One of this landmark series on African cinema draws together foundational scholarship on its history and evolution. Beginning with the ideological project of colonial film to legitimize the economic exploitation and cultural hegemony of the African continent during imperial rule to its counter-historical formation and theorization. It comprises essays by film scholars and filmmakers alike, among them Roy Armes, Med Hondo, Fèrid Boughedir, Haile Gerima, Oliver Barlet, Teshome Gabriel, and David Murphy, including three distinct dossiers: a timeline of key dates in the history of African cinema; a comprehensive chronicle and account of the contributions by African women in cinema; and a homage and overview of Ousmane Sembène, the "Father" of African cinema.