African Film Re-Imagining a Continent

Name: African Film Re-Imagining a Continent
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ISBN: 9780253216434

ISBN-10: 0253216435

ISBN-13: 9780253216434

Edition: 2004

Authors: Josef Gugler

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Book details

List price: $15.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 1/8/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Josef Gugler is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Contemporary African Studies at the University of Connecticut.



17 Films in 17 Sentences


Preface


Basic Indicators for African Countries


Political Map of Africa


Introduction: Africans Re-Image Africa


Historical Map of Africa



Recovering the African Past


Out of Africa, 1985


Yaaba, 1989


Keita! 1995



Fighting Colonialism


Sambizanga, 1972


Flame, 1996



The Struggle for Majority Rule in South Africa


The Gods Must Be Crazy, 1980


A Dry White Season, 1989


Mapantsula, 1988


Fools, 1997



Betrayals of Independence


Kongi's Harvest, 1970


Kala, 1974


Tableau Ferraille, 1997


The Blue Eyes of Yonta, 1992



The Exploited & Neglected Peasantry


Finzan, 1990


Kasarmu Ce, 1991



Between the African Mass Market & International Recognition


Kini and Adams, 1987


La Vie est belle, 1987


Epilogue: Re-Imagining Ourselves


Sources & Credits


Index


The Author