Contemporary African cinema / Olivier Barlet ; [translated by Melissa Thackway].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barlet, Olivier, author.

Series:

African humanities and the arts

Standardized Title:

Cinémas d'Afrique des années 2000. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Africa, Sub-Saharan--History--21st century.

Motion pictures.

History.

Sub-Saharan Africa.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 452 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2016]

Summary:

African and notably sub-Saharan African film's relative eclipse on the international scene in the early twenty-first century does not transcend the growth within the African genre. This time period has seen African cinema forging a new relationship with the real and implementing new aesthetic strategies, as well as the emergence of a post-colonial popular cinema. Drawing on more than 1,500 articles, reviews, and interviews written over the past fifteen years, Olivier Barlet identifies the critical questions brought about by the evolution of African cinema. In the process, he offers us a personal and passionate vision, making this book an indispensable sum of thought that challenges preconceived ideas and enriches an approach to cinema as a critical art. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction: for an African film criticism

The question of criticism

Thematic continuities and ruptures

Postcolonial cliches

Memory and reconciliation

Styles and strategies

Economic perspectives

Conclusion.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611862119

1611862116

OCLC:

920966740