Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora
Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora
- ISBN 13:
9781405193030
- ISBN 10:
1405193034
- Edition: 1st
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 06/23/2014
- Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary
Analyzing art house films from the African continent and the African diaspora, this book showcases a new generation of auteurs with African origins from political, aesthetic, and spectatorship perspectives.
- Focuses on art house cinema and discusses commercial African cinema
- Enlarges our understanding of African film to include thematic and aesthetic influence
- Highlights aesthetic and political aspects including racial identity, women’s issues, and diaspora
- Heavily illustrated with over 90 film stills
- Features selected stills integral to the filmic analysis in full color
- Moves beyond Western-oriented analytical paradigms