Africa shoots back : alternative perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African film /
Thackway, Melissa.
Bloomington : Indiana University Press ; Oxford : James Currey,
2003.
Filmography: p. 218-223.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-217) and index.
Contents: Development & evolutions -- Critical paradigms -- The problematic legacy of eurocentrism -- Postmodernism or postcoloniality? -- Towards new paradigms -- Cultural identity, representation & voice -- Representing Africa -- Alternative perspectives, or, reassessing identity through film -- Screen griots: orature & film -- Living traditions -- The stylistic & structural influences of orature on film -- Memory, history and other stories -- The 'colonial confontation' genre -- Memory-history films: Afrique je te plumerai; Asientos; Allah Tantou; Fadjal -- Filming the immigrant experience: Francophone African cinema in Europe -- Setting a precedent: Afrique sur seine -- The myth of Europe -- Interracial relationships & immigrant communities -- African women & film: on screen and behind camera -- Directing the Female gaze: Safi Faye; Laure Folly; Fanta R. Nacro -- 'Womanist' films
Motion pictures