New African cinema / Valérie K. Orlando.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Orlando, Valérie, 1963- author.

Series:

Quick takes.

Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Africa--History.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Social aspects--Africa.

Television programs--Africa.

Television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 pages).

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

New African Cinema examines the pressing social, cultural, economic, and historical issues explored by African filmmakers from the early post-colonial years into the new millennium. Offering an overview of the development of postcolonial African cinema since the 1960s, Valérie K. Orlando highlights the variations in content and themes that reflect the socio-cultural and political environments of filmmakers and the cultures they depict in their films. Orlando illuminates the diverse themes evident in the works of filmmakers such as Ousmane Sembène's Ceddo (Senegal, 1977), Sarah Maldoror's Sambizanga (Angola, 1972), Assia Djebar's La Nouba des femmes de Mont Chenoua (The Circle of women of Mount Chenoua, Algeria, 1978), Zézé Gamboa's The Hero (Angola, 2004) and Abderrahmane Sissako's Timbuktu (Mauritania, 2014), among others. Orlando also considers the influence of major African film schools and their traditions, as well as European and American influences on the marketing and distribution of African film. For those familiar with the polemics of African film, or new to them, Orlando offers a cogent analytical approach that is engaging.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

Author's Note

Introduction

1. From Revolution to the Coming of Age of African Cinema, 1960s-1990s

2. New Awakenings and New Realities of the Twenty-First Century in African Film

Conclusion: The Futures of African Film

Acknowledgments

Notes

Further Reading and Useful Websites

Works Cited

Selected Filmography: Twenty-First-Century Films

Index

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 04. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780813579580

0813579589

9780813579573

0813579570

OCLC:

987792468