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An occasional study group of “cinema,”
from the expressions of its “internationalisms.”
from the expressions of its “internationalisms.”
studygroup@radiusstation.org
Fanta Regina Nacro,
The Night of Truth (2005), 100 min.
Reading:
Corinne Etienne and Sylvie Vanbaelen, “Moi et l'Autre: identité et diversité dans un cours sur le film francophone” in The French Review, Vol. 80, No. 5 (Apr., 2007), pp. 1026-1041.
Janis L. Pallister and Ruth A. Hotte, “Short Fiction Films by Francophone Women Directors,” in The French Review, Vol. 79, No. 6, "Cinémas", May 2006, pp. 1310-1350.
Melissa Thackway, Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone Film, review Josef Gugler, in African Studies Review, Vol. 48, No. 1, April 2005, pp. 193-195.
N. Frank Ukadike, “Reclaiming Images of Women in Films from Africa and the Black Diaspora," in Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 15, No. 1, Women Filmmakers and the Politics of Gender in Third Cinema (1994), pp. 102–122.
The Night of Truth (2005), 100 min.
Reading:
Corinne Etienne and Sylvie Vanbaelen, “Moi et l'Autre: identité et diversité dans un cours sur le film francophone” in The French Review, Vol. 80, No. 5 (Apr., 2007), pp. 1026-1041.
Janis L. Pallister and Ruth A. Hotte, “Short Fiction Films by Francophone Women Directors,” in The French Review, Vol. 79, No. 6, "Cinémas", May 2006, pp. 1310-1350.
Melissa Thackway, Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone Film, review Josef Gugler, in African Studies Review, Vol. 48, No. 1, April 2005, pp. 193-195.
N. Frank Ukadike, “Reclaiming Images of Women in Films from Africa and the Black Diaspora," in Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 15, No. 1, Women Filmmakers and the Politics of Gender in Third Cinema (1994), pp. 102–122.
Abderrahmane Sissako,
Rostov–Luanda (1969), 60 min.
Reading:
Outline:
http://africa-archive.com/mr/rostov-luanda
Roy Amers, "Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania)," in African Filmmaking North and South of the Sahara.
Monica Popescu, "On the Margins of the Black Atlantic: Angola, the Eastern Bloc and the Cold War," in Research in African Literatures, Volume 45, Number 3, Fall 2014, pp.91-109
Rostov–Luanda (1969), 60 min.
Reading:
Outline:
http://africa-archive.com/mr/rostov-luanda
Roy Amers, "Abderrahmane Sissako (Mauritania)," in African Filmmaking North and South of the Sahara.
Monica Popescu, "On the Margins of the Black Atlantic: Angola, the Eastern Bloc and the Cold War," in Research in African Literatures, Volume 45, Number 3, Fall 2014, pp.91-109
William Klein,
The Panafrican Festival of Algiers (1969),
90 min.
Reading:
Kodwo Eshun & Ros Gray, “The Militant Image: A Ciné‐Geography,” Third Text, Volume 25, 2011, Issue 1: The Militant Image: A Ciné-Geography.
Olivier Hadouchi, “ ‘African culture will be revolutionary or will not be’: William Klein’s Film of the First Pan-African Festival of Algiers (1969),” in Kodwo Eshun & Ros Gray, “The Militant Image: A Ciné‐Geography,” Third Text, Volume 25, 2011 - Issue 1: The Militant Image: A Ciné-Geography, pp. 117–128.
Fernando Solanas and Octavio Getino, “Towards a Third Cinema: Notes and Experiences for the Development of a Cinema of Liberation in the Third World,” Tricontinental, 13 October 1969.