Projections of Dakar : (re)imagining urban Senegal through cinema / Devin Bryson and Molly Krueger Enz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bryson, Devin, 1977- author.

Enz, Molly Krueger, 1974- author.

Series:

Research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 101.

Ohio University research in international studies. Africa series ; no. 101

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Senegal--Dakar.

Motion pictures.

Motion picture producers and directors--Senegal--Dakar.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Dakar (Senegal)--In motion pictures.

Dakar (Senegal).

Dakar (Senegal)--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

xiv, 258 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens : Ohio University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Projections of Dakar studies the audiovisual creations and practices of twenty-first-century Senegalese filmmakers living, working, and distributing their films in urban Senegal. Although some observers have described contemporary Senegalese cinema as a dying industry, this book shows that it retains great potential. Senegalese cinematic practitioners are forging unique, dynamic responses to social challenges and producing content in innovative forms. Like contemporary Senegalese cinema, African urban centers are often perceived as sites of despair and social decay. In each chapter of this book, Devin Bryson and Molly Krueger Enz focus on a particular urban issue and analyze how Senegalese filmmakers document and reimagine it from diverse perspectives and contexts. The authors draw from interviews and ethnographic observations to center filmmakers' practices and conceptualizations of contemporary cinema in Dakar. Bryson and Enz trace developments in production, distribution, viewership, and audience response since 2012 to study how these films and their production both reveal and contribute to how people live in the city, relate to one another, build their lives, advocate for change, find joy and meaning, and build community. They also document and articulate more equitable and inclusive forms of these activities. Ultimately, the book illustrates how Senegalese filmmakers reimagine Africa as a place that will lead to a better future for its inhabitants"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction. Beyond Senghor's Shadow : The Role of Culture and Cinema in Senegalese Society and the City of Dakar

Screening Urban Senegal : Social Interventions Through Cinematic Infrastructure, Innovation, and Form

Shaping the National Body in Moussa Sène Absa's Yoolé and Rama Thiaw's Boul fallé: la voie de la lutte and The Revolution Won't be Televised

Community Responses to Peri-Urban Water Mismanagement in Joseph Gaï Ramaka's Plan Jaxaay! and Abdoul Aziz Cissé's La brèche

Urban Precarity, Voice, and Contingent Communities in Adams Sie's Voix silencieuses and Khady Sylla's Le Monologue de la muette

Intersectionality, Complexity, and Contradictions of Senegalese Women's Experiences in Khardiata Pouye's Cette couleur qui me dérange and Angèle Diabang's Sénégalaises et Islam

Conclusion. Cinematic Encounters in the City : Emergent Spaces of Collaboration and Exchange.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780896803497

089680349X

9780896803480

0896803481

OCLC:

1426287868