New African Cinema: Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
Autor Valérie K. Orlandoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 14 apr 2017 – vârsta ani
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.
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780813579566
ISBN-10: 0813579562
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 114 x 178 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Ediția:None
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
ISBN-10: 0813579562
Pagini: 200
Dimensiuni: 114 x 178 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.16 kg
Ediția:None
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria Quick Takes: Movies and Popular Culture
Notă biografică
VALÉRIE K. ORLANDO is a professor of French and Francophone literatures and cultures and head of the French and Italian department at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of several books, including the forthcoming, The Algerian New Novel: The Poetics of a Modern Nation, 1950-1979.
Cuprins
Author’s Note vii
Introduction 1
1 From Revolution to the Coming of Age of African Cinema, 1960s–1990s 39
2 New Awakenings and New Realities of the Twenty-First Century in African Film 82
Conclusion: The Futures of African Film 141
Acknowledgments 145
Notes 147
Further Reading and Useful Websites 155
Works Cited 157
Selected Filmography: Twenty-First-Century Films 167
Index 169
Introduction 1
1 From Revolution to the Coming of Age of African Cinema, 1960s–1990s 39
2 New Awakenings and New Realities of the Twenty-First Century in African Film 82
Conclusion: The Futures of African Film 141
Acknowledgments 145
Notes 147
Further Reading and Useful Websites 155
Works Cited 157
Selected Filmography: Twenty-First-Century Films 167
Index 169
Recenzii
"New African Cinema manages the formidable task of depicting the depth, breadth, and great diversity of cinema on the African continent by highlighting different genres and themes. This book will appeal to anyone who is interested in film."
"An impeccable introduction to the exciting films being produced today, New African Cinema delineates the important broad distinctions between Anglophone and Francophone movies, and the finer lines between North African, sub-Saharan, West African, Maghrebian, and other regional bodies of film."
"Valérie K. Orlando offers an excellent, highly engaging analysis of twenty-first century cinema from and about Africa, examining some of the most pressing issues facing the continent today."
Descriere
New African Cinema examines the pressing social, cultural, economic, and historical issues explored by African filmmakers in the new millennium by offering an overview of the development of postcolonial African cinema as it has evolved since the 1960s into the new medium, known as “new African cinema,” it is today.