Author: Suzanne Crosta
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253066549
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
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.
Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers
Author: Suzanne Crosta
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253066549
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253066549
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
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.
Africa Shoots Back
Author: Melissa Thackway
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253216427
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"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.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253216427
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
"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.
French-speaking Women Documentarians
Author: Janis L. Pallister
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9780820476148
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
French-Speaking Women Documentarians is a guide for teachers of French and others interested in selecting and researching the work of female French-speaking documentarians. Represented in this book are filmmakers from Canada, various African nations, the Antilles, Lebanon, Switzerland, Belgium, and several other countries, with emphasis on Agnès Varda of France - arguably the greatest female documentarian of all. The book includes information on each filmmaker, classified by country of origin, and lists and describes her works, giving factual information such as date, duration, credits, and synopses, and pointing out critical treatments, both in English and in French, of her most important films. Shorts, docudramas, and works of animation are also discussed, as they, too, reflect history and culture. This guide will lead to the viewing of films that shed understanding on the culture being portrayed and to a greater appreciation of the contribution of French-speaking women filmmakers to this important, if not always objective, film genre.
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9780820476148
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
French-Speaking Women Documentarians is a guide for teachers of French and others interested in selecting and researching the work of female French-speaking documentarians. Represented in this book are filmmakers from Canada, various African nations, the Antilles, Lebanon, Switzerland, Belgium, and several other countries, with emphasis on Agnès Varda of France - arguably the greatest female documentarian of all. The book includes information on each filmmaker, classified by country of origin, and lists and describes her works, giving factual information such as date, duration, credits, and synopses, and pointing out critical treatments, both in English and in French, of her most important films. Shorts, docudramas, and works of animation are also discussed, as they, too, reflect history and culture. This guide will lead to the viewing of films that shed understanding on the culture being portrayed and to a greater appreciation of the contribution of French-speaking women filmmakers to this important, if not always objective, film genre.
French-speaking Women Film Directors
Author: Janis L. Pallister
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838637364
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This guide offers listings of some 300 Francophone women from around the world & their work. Wherever possible, entries include dates, brief biographies, descriptions & brief critical analyses.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838637364
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
This guide offers listings of some 300 Francophone women from around the world & their work. Wherever possible, entries include dates, brief biographies, descriptions & brief critical analyses.
Francophone Women Film Directors
Author: Janis L. Pallister
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838640463
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This guide offers listings of some 300 Francophone women from around the world & their work. Wherever possible, entries include dates, brief biographies, descriptions & brief critical analyses.
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN: 9780838640463
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
This guide offers listings of some 300 Francophone women from around the world & their work. Wherever possible, entries include dates, brief biographies, descriptions & brief critical analyses.
Focus on African Films
Author: Françoise Pfaff
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253216687
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
'Focus on African Films' offers pluralistic perspectives on filmmaking across Africa, highlighting the distinct thematic, stylistic, and socioeconomic circumstances of African film production.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253216687
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
'Focus on African Films' offers pluralistic perspectives on filmmaking across Africa, highlighting the distinct thematic, stylistic, and socioeconomic circumstances of African film production.
Sisters of the Screen
Author: Beti Ellerson
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Whilst it is not possible to generalise about the role of African women in cinema, there is, nonetheless, evidence that a growing number of women from all parts of the continent are becoming engaged in the various mediums of film, video and television. This book looks at the diverse experiences of both female film pioneers and women film students; through a series of interviews the author discovers what motivated these women to take up film and discusses both the creative aspects of their work and their broader political concerns.
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
Whilst it is not possible to generalise about the role of African women in cinema, there is, nonetheless, evidence that a growing number of women from all parts of the continent are becoming engaged in the various mediums of film, video and television. This book looks at the diverse experiences of both female film pioneers and women film students; through a series of interviews the author discovers what motivated these women to take up film and discusses both the creative aspects of their work and their broader political concerns.
The Cinema of Ousmane Sembene, A Pioneer of African Film
Author: Francois Pfaff
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The films of Ousmane Sembene are powerful representations of the newly emerging black African cinema. In this interpretive study of his most significant films, Francoise Pfaff examines Sembene's pioneering efforts over the last two decades. While focusing primarily on the realistic and symbolic levels of his works, the stylistic and technical aspects are also examined. Pfaff discusses the aesthetic, sociopolitical, and metaphysical values of Sembene's oeuvre within its African context. His depiction of the tension between traditional and modern African life is explored. Pfaff includes film stills and excerpts from interviews with Sembene and other African filmmakers. She concludes with comments about Sembene's contributions to our intercultural heritage.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The films of Ousmane Sembene are powerful representations of the newly emerging black African cinema. In this interpretive study of his most significant films, Francoise Pfaff examines Sembene's pioneering efforts over the last two decades. While focusing primarily on the realistic and symbolic levels of his works, the stylistic and technical aspects are also examined. Pfaff discusses the aesthetic, sociopolitical, and metaphysical values of Sembene's oeuvre within its African context. His depiction of the tension between traditional and modern African life is explored. Pfaff includes film stills and excerpts from interviews with Sembene and other African filmmakers. She concludes with comments about Sembene's contributions to our intercultural heritage.
Africa Shoots Back
Author: Melissa Thackway
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253343499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Filmmakers in sub-Saharan francophone Africa have been using cinema since independence in the 1960s to challenge Western stereotypes. This text shows how directors have produced alternatives, focusing on issues of memory and history.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253343499
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Filmmakers in sub-Saharan francophone Africa have been using cinema since independence in the 1960s to challenge Western stereotypes. This text shows how directors have produced alternatives, focusing on issues of memory and history.
With Open Eyes
Author: Kenneth W. Harrow
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042001541
Category : Feminism and motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Bibliografie : p. 193-218 Survey of some projects by female African filmmakers from different countries ; the problematic encounter between Western feminism and African feminist filmmaking practice; the representation of women in African film.
Publisher: Rodopi
ISBN: 9789042001541
Category : Feminism and motion pictures
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Bibliografie : p. 193-218 Survey of some projects by female African filmmakers from different countries ; the problematic encounter between Western feminism and African feminist filmmaking practice; the representation of women in African film.