This title explores the contributions of black diasporic filmmakers
and thinkers to contemporary artistic and theoretical
discourses.Created at the crossroads of slavery, migration, and
exile, and comprising a global population, the black diaspora is a
diverse space of varied histories, experiences, and goals.
Likewise, black diasporic film tends to focus on the complexities
of transnational identity, which oscillates between similarity and
difference and resists easy categorization. In ""Contact Zones"",
author Sheila J. Petty addresses a range of filmmakers, theorists,
and issues in black diasporic cinema, highlighting their ongoing
influences on contemporary artistic and theoretical
discourses.Petty examines both Anglophone and Francophone films and
theorists, divided according to this volume's three thematic
sections - Slavery, Migration and Exile, and Beyond Borders. The
feature films and documentaries considered - which include
""Sankofa"", ""Daughters of the Dust"", ""The Man by the Shore"",
and ""Rude"", among others - represent a wide range of cultures and
topics. Through close textual analysis that incorporates the work
of well-known diasporic thinkers like W. E. B. DuBois, Aime
Cesaire, and Frantz Fanon along with contemporary notables such as
Molefi Kete Asante, bell hooks, Clenora Hudson-Weems, Rene
Depestre, Paul Gilroy, and Rinaldo Walcott, Petty details the
unique ways in which black diasporic films create meaning.By
exploring a variety of African American, Caribbean, Black British,
and African Canadian perspectives, ""Contact Zones"" provides a
detailed survey of the diversity and vitality of black diasporic
contributions to cinema and theory. This volume will be a welcome
addition to the libraries of scholars and students of film studies
and Africana studies.
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