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Brisbane Festival in Lumiere (September, 1973) iss.27 p.28
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Contemporary cinema of Africa and the diaspora / Anjali Prabhu Chichester: Wiley Blackwell,
Call No: 71(6) PRAAuthor: Prabhu, Anjali Edition: 2014Place: ChichesterPublisher: Wiley BlackwellPhysDes: 262 p. : illus. ; 25 cmSubject: AFRICA ; AFRICAN COUNTRIES ; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS ; SEMBENE, OUSMANE ; SISSOKO, CHEIK OMAR ; PECK, RAOUL ; FORGIVENESS (SA, Ian Gabriel, 2004) ; LUMUMBA (FR/BE/GG/HT, Raouel Peck, 2000) ; FAAT-KINE (SG, Ousmane Sembene, 2000) ; NOIRE DE..., LA (SG, Ousmane Sembene, 1965) ; BLOOD DIAMOND (US, Edward Zwick, 2006) Notes: 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 paradigm
-- publisher's web siteISBN: 9781405193047Contents: Acknowledgments ix
1 AfricaWatch: Parameters and Contexts 1
Part I Space 33
2 The Postcolonial City: Education of the Spectator in Harrikrisna Anenden's The Cathedral 35
3 Framing the City: Africanizing Viewer and Viewed through Angle, Distance, Genre, and Movement 55
Part II Character 77
4 Models of African Femininity 79
5 African Masculinity: "We Don't Need Another Hero" 113
6 Revolutionary Personhood: Revolutionize the Spectator, or Stop,Thief! 133
Part III Narrative 155
7 Documentary Film: Situating a Style 157
8 African Narration: Narration of Africa 172
9 Jean-Marie Teno: Creating an African Repertoire 187
10 Conclusion: Inside/Outside or How to Make a Film about Africa Today 216
Filmography 234
References 238
Glossary 246
Index 251
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Movies as politics / Jonathan Rosenbaum Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1997.
Call No: 45:32 ROSAuthor: Rosenbaum, Jonathan Place: Berkeley, Calif.Publisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1997PhysDes: xi, 359 p. ; 24 cmSubject: POLITICS AND THE CINEMA ; POLITICAL FILMS ; RACIAL PROBLEMS IN FILMS ; WELLES, ORSON ; KIESLOWSKI, KRZYSZTOF ; BUNUEL, LUIS ; BRESSON, ROBERT ; TATI, JACQUES ; RAY, NICHOLAS ; ZWIGOFF, TERRY ; ENDFIELD, CY ; HOU, HSIAO-HSIEN ; CARAX, LEOS ; AKERMAN, CHANTAL ; ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE (US, Tom Shadyac, 1994) ; HEARTS OF DARKNESS : A FILMMAKERS APOCALYPSE (US, Fax Bahr & George Hinkenlooper, 1991) ; PIANO, THE (AT, Jane Campion, 1993) ; APOCALYPSE NOW (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1979) ; BITTER MOON (FR/UK, Roman Polanski, 1992) ; NOIRE DE..., LA (SG, Ousmane Sembene, 1965) ; BLOOD IN THE FACE (US, Anne Bohlen, Kevin Rafferty & James Ridgeway, 1991) ; CRUMB (US, Terry Zwigoff, 1994) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; FORREST GUMP (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1994) ; NUIT ET JOUR (FR/BE/SZ, Chantal Akerman, 1991) ; OUT 1 (FR, Jacques Rivette, 1990[prod. 1970]) ; PLOT AGAINST HARRY, THE (US, Michael Roemer, 1989[prod.1969]) ; PUPPET MASTER, THE (US, David Schmoeller, 1989) ; REDS (US, Warren Beatty, 1981) ; SAFE (US, Todd Haynes, 1995) ; SCHINDLER'S LIST (US, Steven Spielberg, 1993) ; SOLARIS (UR, Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0520206142 (acid-free paper); 0520206150 (pbk. : alk. paper)Order Received: 1997LON: 96009916; 12700123
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NOIRE DE..., LA : (SG, Ousmane Sembene, 1965)
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Politkino : Film catalogue 1973-4 / Politkino London: Politkino Ltd, [1973?].
Call No: 027(410) POLCorpAuthor: Politkino LtdEdition: 1973-4Place: LondonPublisher: Politkino LtdPubDate: [1973?]PhysDes: 24 p. ; 30cmSubject: POLITICAL FILMS ; BLACK POWER FILMS ; BARRAVENTO (BL, Glauber rocha, 1962) ; NOIRE DE..., LA (SG, Ousmane Sembene, 1965) ; CHRONIK DER ANNA MAGDALENA BACH, DIE (GW/IT, Jean-Marie Straub & Daniele Huillet, 1968) ; VENT D'EST (FR/IT/GW, Jean-Luc Godard & Dziga Vertov Group, 1970)
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