African film : re-imagining a continent

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African film : re-imagining a continent

Josef Gugler

James Currey , Indiana University Press, 2003

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Originally published: Oxford : J. Currey, 2003

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Indiana paper ISBN 9780253216434

内容説明

In African Film: Re-imagining a Continent, Josef Gugler provides an introduction to African cinema through an analysis of 15 films made by African filmmakers. These directors set out to re-image Africa; their films offer Western viewers the opportunity to re-imagine the continent and its people. As a point of comparison, two additional films on Africa-one from Hollywood, the other from apartheid South Africa-serve to highlight African directors' altogether different perspectives. Gugler's interpretation considers the financial and technical difficulties of African film production, the intended audiences in Africa and the West, the constraints on distribution, and the critical reception of the films.

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Introduction 1. Recovering the African Past 2. Fighting Colonialism 3. The Struggle for Majority Rule in South Africa 4. Betrayals of Independence 5. The Exploited and Neglected Peasantry 6. Between the African Mass Market and International Recognition Conclusions Bibliography
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Indiana cloth ISBN 9780253343505

内容説明

In African Film: Re-imagining a Continent, Josef Gugler provides an introduction to African cinema through an analysis of 15 films made by African filmmakers. These directors set out to re-image Africa; their films offer Western viewers the opportunity to re-imagine the continent and its people. As a point of comparison, two additional films on Africa--one from Hollywood, the other from apartheid South Africa--serve to highlight African directors' altogether different perspectives. Gugler's interpretation considers the financial and technical difficulties of African film production, the intended audiences in Africa and the West, the constraints on distribution, and the critical reception of the films.
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James Currey paper ISBN 9780852555613

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This is a comprehensive analysis of some of the major films created by film-makers from Africa and the African diaspora. The directors and films studied here set out to re-image Africa - and offer Western viewers the opportunity to re-imagine the continent and its people. Two additional, very successful films on Africa, one from Hollywood, the otherfrom apartheid South Africa, serve to highlight African directors' altogether different perspectives. The interpretation considers the financial and technical difficulties of African film production, the intended audiences, the constraints on distribution, and critical reception. The films featured cover a wide range of topics, from new perspectives on Africa prior to the intrusion of the West, to the struggle against colonialism and white minority rule, to post-colonial issues of authoritarian rule, neo-colonialism, corruption, inequality and the condition of the peasantry, with the position of women a recurrent theme. The discussions are accompanied by reproductions of posters, of photos of the directors during the shooting, and film frames illustrating key elements in the analysis. Introductions to the thematic topics provide the historical, cultural, political, and economic context of the films.Four of the films are based on novels, two more on a play or an epic, and the transformation involved in bringing the written page, or the griot's recitation, to the screen receives special attention. Throughout, the discussion extends to other African films and literary works. North America: Indiana U Press

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Introduction I RECOVERING THE AFRICAN PAST Out of Africa (1985) - Yaaba (1989) - Keita! (1995) II FIGHTING COLONIALISM Sambizanga (1972) - Flame (1996) III THE STRUGGLE FOR MAJORITY RULE IN SOUTH AFRICA The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) - A Dry White Season (1989) - Mapantsula (1988) - Fools (1997) IV BETRAYALS OF INDEPENDENCE Kongi's Harvest (1970) - Xala (1974) - Tableau ferraille (1997) - The Blue Eyes of Yonta (1992) V THE EXPLOITED & NEGLECTED PEASANTRY Finzan (1990) - Kasarmu Ce (1991) VI BETWEEN THE AFRICAN MASS MARKET & INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION Kini & Adams (1997) - La Vie est belle (1987) - Epilogue
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James Currey cloth ISBN 9780852555620

内容説明

The directors and films studied here set out to re-image Africa - and offer Western viewers the opportunity to re-imagine the continent and its people. Two additional, very successful films on Africa, one from Hollywood, the otherfrom apartheid South Africa, serve to highlight African directors' altogether different perspectives. The interpretation considers the financial and technical difficulties of African film production, the intended audiences, the constraints on distribution, and critical reception. The films featured cover a wide range of topics, from new perspectives on Africa prior to the intrusion of the West, to the struggle against colonialism and white minority rule, to post-colonial issues of authoritarian rule, neo-colonialism, corruption, inequality and the condition of the peasantry, with the position of women a recurrent theme. The discussions are accompanied by reproductions of posters, of photos of the directors during the shooting, and film frames illustrating key elements in the analysis. Introductions to the thematic topics provide the historical, cultural, political, and economic context of the films.Four of the films are based on novels, two more ona play or an epic, and the transformation involved in bringing the written page, or the griot's recitation to the screen receives special attention. Throughout, the discussion extends to other African films and literary works. North America: Indiana U Press

目次

Introduction I RECOVERING THE AFRICAN PAST Out of Africa (1985) - Yaaba (1989) - Keita! (1995) II FIGHTING COLONIALISM Sambizanga (1972) - Flame (1996) III THE STRUGGLE FOR MAJORITY RULE IN SOUTH AFRICA The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980) - A Dry White Season (1989) - Mapantsula (1988) - Fools (1997) IV BETRAYALS OF INDEPENDENCE Kongi's Harvest (1970) - Xala (1974) - Tableau ferraille (1997) - The Blue Eyes of Yonta (1992) V THE EXPLOITED & NEGLECTED PEASANTRY Finzan (1990) - Kasarmu Ce (1991) VI BETWEEN THE AFRICAN MASS MARKET & INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION Kini & Adams (1997) - La Vie est belle (1987) - Epilogue

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