Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers Beyond Representation |
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| Editor:
| Crosta, Suzanne
Niang, Sada
Tcheuyap, Alexie |
| Contribution by:
| Martin, Florence
Petty, Sheila
Thackway, Melissa
Diop, El Hadji Moustapha
Veilleux, Felix
Gauch, Suzanne
Tchumkam, Hervé |
| Series title: | Studies in the Cinema of the Black Diaspora Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-253-06653-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2023 |
| Publisher: | Indiana University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $58.00 |
Book Description:
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Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is groundbreaking edited collection which explores the contributions of Francophone African women to the field of documentary filmmaking. Rich in its scope and critical vision it constitutes a timely contribution to cutting-edge scholarly debates on African cinemas. Featuring 10 chapters from prominent film scholars, it explores the distinctive documentary work and contributions of Francophone African women filmmakers...
More Description Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers is groundbreaking edited collection which explores the contributions of Francophone African women to the field of documentary filmmaking. Rich in its scope and critical vision it constitutes a timely contribution to cutting-edge scholarly debates on African cinemas.
Featuring 10 chapters from prominent film scholars, it explores the distinctive documentary work and contributions of Francophone African women filmmakers since the 1960s. It focuses documentaries by North African and Sub-Saharan women filmmakers, including the pioneering work of Safi Faye in Kaddu Beykat, Rama Thiaw's The Revolution Will Not be Televised, Katy Lena Ndiaye's Le Cercle des noyes and En attendant les hommes, Dalila Ennadre's Fama: Heroism Without Glory and Leila Kitani's Nos lieux interdits.
Shunned from costly fictional- 35mm-filmmaking, Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers examines how these women engaged and experimented with documentary filmmaking in personal, evocative ways that countered the officially sanctioned, nationalist practice of show and teach/promote.