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Africa Shoots Back Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film

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ISBN-10: 0253343496

ISBN-13: 9780253343499

Edition: 2003

Authors: Melissa Thackway

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Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 12/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Size: 7.50" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

List of Photographs, Stills & Posters
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Development & Evolutions: a brief history of sub-Saharan Francophone African film
Critical Paradigms
The Problematic Legacy of Eurocentrism
Postmodernism or Postcoloniality?
Towards New Paradigms
Cultural Identity, Representation & Voice
Representing Africa: the Western imagination
Alternative Perspectives, or Reassessing Identity through Film
Screen Griots: Orature & Film
Living Traditions: the cultural context
The Stylistic & Structural Influences of Orature on Film
Memory, History: Other Stories
The 'Colonial Confrontation' Genre
Memory-History Films: Afrique je te plumerai; Asientos; Allah Tantou; Fad'jal
Filming the Immigrant Experience: Francophone African Cinema in Europe
Setting a Precedent: Afrique sur Seine
The Myth of Europe: illusions & delusions; integration or return?
Interracial relationships & immigrant communities
African Women & Film: On Screen and Behind the Camera
Directing the Female Gaze: Safi Faye: Anne Laure Folly: Fanta R. Nacro
'Womanist' Films
Conclusion
Interviews with Directors
Adama Drabo
Anne Laure Folly
Dani Kouyate
Faota Regina Nacro
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Abderrahmane Sissako
Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Jean-Marie Teno
Bibligraphy
Filmography
Index