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Framing Africa - Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema (Hardcover, New)
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Framing Africa - Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema (Hardcover, New)
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The first decade of the 21st century has seen a proliferation of
North American and European films that focus on African politics
and society. While once the continent was the setting for
narratives of heroic ascendancy over self (The African Queen, 1951;
The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952), military odds (Zulu, 1964;
Khartoum, 1966) and nature (Mogambo, 1953; Hatari!,1962; Born Free,
1966; The Last Safari, 1967), this new wave of films portrays a
continent blighted by transnational corruption (The Constant
Gardener, 2005), genocide (Hotel Rwanda, 2004; Shooting Dogs,
2006), 'failed states' (Black Hawk Down, 2001), illicit
transnational commerce (Blood Diamond, 2006) and the unfulfilled
promises of decolonization (The Last King of Scotland, 2006).
Conversely, where once Apartheid South Africa was a brutal foil for
the romance of East Africa (Cry Freedom, 1987; A Dry White Season,
1989), South Africa now serves as a redeemed contrast to the rest
of the continent (Red Dust, 2004; Invictus, 2009). Writing from the
perspective of long-term engagement with the contexts in which the
films are set, anthropologists and historians reflect on these
films and assess the contemporary place Africa holds in the North
American and European cinematic imagination.
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