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Postcolonial African Cinema Ten Directors

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ISBN-10: 0719072034

ISBN-13: 9780719072031

Edition: 2007

Authors: David Murphy, Patrick Williams

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"Postcolonial African Cinema "constitutes a new departure in African film studies. Recognizing the maturity of the field and the need for complex yet accessible approaches that move beyond the purely descriptive while refusing to get bogged down in theoretical jargon. This is the first introduction of its kind to an important cross-section of postcolonial African filmmakers from the 1950s to the present. Building on previous critical work in the field, this volume brings together ideas from a range of disciplines to combine the in-depth analysis of individual films and bodies of work by individual directors. Chapters provide an overview of the director's output to date and the necessary…    
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

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List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Availability of African films
Introduction: Representing postcolonial African cinema
Youssef Chahine
Ousmane Sembene
Med Hondo
Djibril Diop Mambety
Souleymane Cisse
Flora Gomes
Idrissa Ouedraogo
Moufida Tlatli
Jean-Pierre Bekolo
Darrell James Roodt
Bibliography
Index