African Filmmaking: North and South of the SaharaIndiana University Press, 2006 - 224 pages A critique of filmmaking in the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa by noted film scholar Roy Ames |
Contents
THE AFRICAN EXPERIENCE | 3 |
BEGINNINGS | 21 |
AFRICAN INITIATIVES | 36 |
THE FRENCH CONNECTION | 53 |
LIBERATION AND POSTCOLONIAL SOCIETY | 67 |
INDIVIDUAL STRUGGLE | 87 |
EXPERIMENTAL NARRATIVES | 109 |
EXEMPLARY TALES | 122 |
MAHAMAT SALEH HAROUN CHAD | 158 |
DANI KOUYATÉ BURKINA FASO | 167 |
RAJA AMARI TUNISIA | 176 |
FAOUZI BENSAIDI MOROCCO | 183 |
ABDERRAHMANE SISSAKO MAURITANIA | 191 |
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THE POSTINDEPENDENCE GENERATION | 143 |
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