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| ISBN: | 9780748628063
0748628061
9780748679232
0748679235
9780748670789
0748670785
9781280553950
1280553952
9786610553952
6610553955
0748621237
9780748621231
9780748621248
0748621245
9780748621231
0748621237
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index
English.
Print version record
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| Summary: | African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara is the first comprehensive study in English linking filmmaking in the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia) with that in francophone West Africa and examining the factors (including Islam and the involvement of African and French governments) which have shaped post-independence production. The main focus is the development over forty years of two main traditions of African filmmaking: a social realist strand examining the nature of postcolonial society and a more experimental approach where emphasis is placed on new stylistic patterns able to embrace history, myth and magic. The work of younger filmmakers born since independence is examined in the light of these two traditions. Features: *An overview of the socio-political context shaped by Islam and French colonialism.*A look at filmmaking in Africa before the mid-1960s.*An examination of the inputs of African and French governments into post-independence developments North and South of the Sahara.*A historical survey of the two major tendencies in African film production over the past 40 years.*A detailed analysis of the work of five talented young filmmakers, representative of those born since independence
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| Other form: | Print version: Armes, Roy. African filmmaking. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2006
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| Standard no.: | 9780748621231
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