Guide To African Cinema
Book Review by Suzanne MacRae Guide To African Cinema Guide to African Cinema, by Sharon A. Russell. Westport: Greenwood P, 1998. 184 pp This book belongs to a series, Reference Guides to the World’s...
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Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora: Decolonizing the Gaze, Locating Subjectivity and With Open Eyes: Women and African Cinema
Reviewed by Judith Mayne Judith Mayne, is Professor of French and Women’s Studies at The Ohio State University. Prior to the development of feminist film studies in the early to mid 1970s, most discussions...
Djibril Diop Mambety’s Touki Bouki Trailer
Get a taste of what this great film is about! You can catch the full film on HULU and YOUTUBE as well. From Youtube: The story of Touki Bouki goes back centuries: men have always...
Cubans will Enjoy South African Movies
Via ACN : HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 19 (acn) A cinematographic look at the recent history of South Africa will be offered in the 4th Sample organized by that country ‘s embassy in...
Ousmane Sembène’s Awesome Quotes
“L’Afrique ne se développera pas sans la participation concrète de la femme. La conception que nos pères avaient de la femme doit être enterrée une fois pour toutes. [The development of Africa will...
Djibril Diop Mambety and Touki Bouki
Film author and editot Richard Porton wrote an excellent essay on Senegalese director, Djibril Diop Mambety’s bold experimental style of film-making. Via: The Criterion Collection Touki bouki: Mambéty and Modernity By Richard Porton It’s...
Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings Controversy
A great deal of controversy has been brewing over the casting choice inRidley Scott’s latest film, Exodus: Gods and Kings. What do you think? Chime in below! Obtained via Vox: Wire Image/Cleopatra/Exodus: Gods and...
Egyptian film participates in Venice Film Festival
Originally posted on ahramonline: Egyptian film ‘I Have a Picture’ by Mohamed Zedan participates in Venice Film Festival’s workshop for African cinema Final Cut. Egyptian film ‘I Have a Picture’ by Mohamed Zidan is...
All Up For African Cinema
Via AllAfrica: Nigerian actor, Alex Ekubo, says the whole of African cinema matters to him because when the rest of the world watches movies from the continent, they don’t know which is Ghanian and...
Nigeria’s Netflix leaps Nollywood to a global audience
Dedicated follower of film: Nollywood produces more films per year than any country bar India An episode of Shuga, a popular soap opera set in Kenya, is playing on a screen at the offices...
