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African Cinemas - Decolonizing the Gaze (Paperback)
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African Cinemas - Decolonizing the Gaze (Paperback)
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This book is both a personal journey and an introduction to the
cinema cultures of Africa. A book about the politics of cultural
survival, it is also a major overview of African cinema and
television. The first part of the book traces the development of
African cinema - from colonization to Afrocentrism. The author
examines this development through a variety of fundamental themes:
the decolonization of the imagination; the quest for legendary
African origins and the mobilization of African cultural values.
The second part of the book analyses specific films, particularly
through narrative and in terms of their African specificity - in
the use of silence, orality and humour. Finally, the author
explores the social and economic contexts of the African cinema and
television industry - including its often vexed relations with the
West and the problems of production and distribution African
film-makers face. Exploring the achievements and challenges of
those who seek to affirm African cultural values through film, the
book also covers the African television industry and
African-American cinema. It includes interviews with film-makers,
stills from the films and, ultimately, a plea for seeing and
respecting the otherness of the Other. Winner of the French
National Film Centre's best filmbook of 1997 and now available in
four languages, this is book which takes us into a process of
learning how to look.
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