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Manthia Diawara Provides An Insider's Account Of The History And Current Status Of African Cinema. African Cinema: Politics And Culture Is The First Extended Study In English Of Sub-saharan Cinema. Employing An Interdisciplinary Approach Which Draws On History, Political Science, Economics, And Cultural Studies, Diawara Discusses Such Issues As Film Production And Distribution, And Film Aesthetics From The Colonial Period To The Present. The Book Traces The Growth Of African Cinema Through The Efforts Of Pioneer Filmmakers Such As Paulin Soumanou Vieyra, Oumarou Ganda, Jean-rené Débrix, Jean Rouch, And Ousmane Sembène, The Pan-african Filmmakers' Organization (fepaci), And The Ougadougou Pan-african Film Festival (fespaco). Diwara Focuses On The Production And Distribution Histories Of Key Films Such As Ousmane Sembène's Black Girl And Mandabi (1968) And Souleymane Cissé's Fine (1982). He Also Examines The Role Of Missionary Films In Africa, Débrix's Ideas Concerning 'magic, ' The Links Between Yoruba Theater And Nigerian Cinema, And The Parallels Between Hindu Mythologicals In India And The Yoruba-theater - Inflected Films In Nigeria. Diawara Also Looks At Film And Nationalism, Fi

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Author

Manthia Diawara

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9780253317049

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Sports, Literary Fiction, History