AAAS 55.01 African Cinema

This course focuses on the cinemas of Francophone Africa. We will examine early Western filmic representations of Africans as savages devoid of culture and history. We will then examine how African filmmakers have challenged those images by creating new depictions of their societies, offering Africa through African eyes. We will explore the social, historical, and political contexts of these films and explore their aesthetic and narrative characteristics. We will discuss issues and theories related to the definition of the so-called third world cinema, postcolonial cinema, and postmodern cinema.

Cross Listed Courses

FILM 42.09

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:ART; WCult:NW

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