Media Representation and Africa: whose money, whose story? Panel 2, SOAS, University of London
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 2015-09-11

http://www.soas.ac.uk/cas
This is part of the conference Media Representation and Africa: whose money, whose story? which was held at SOAS, University of London on 20 February 2015.

Panel Discussion – Film and Television : Does Fiction do it Better? 

Chair: Afua Hirsch (Social Affairs Editor, Sky)

Discussants: Lindiwe Dovey (SOAS, Co-Founder of Film Africa), June Givanni (Pan African Cinema Archive), Keith Shiri (Africa International Film Festival), Nicole Amarteifio (Director, An African City)

A diverse selection of high-profile speakers drawn from academia and the media industry will address questions of representation, narrative and institutional funding with regards to Africa in the media. This one-day conference aims to take the debate forward beyond the ‘Africa Rising’ vs the ‘desperate continent’ discussion and look at current and future trajectories in commissioning, producing and reporting both outside and within the continent. Bringing together those working in the areas of documentary, news reporting, television drama and fictional film, this event promises to develop angles for debate and provide a range of views from those working in front of and behind the camera.

You can find out more about this event at http://goo.gl/b8pS7o