African film : looking back and looking forward / / edited by Foluke Ogunleye

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464569403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4438-5749-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (294 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.43626
• Soggetti: Motion pictures - Africa; Motion pictures - History; Electronic books.; Africa In motion pictures
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER I; CHAPTER II; CHAPTER III; CHAPTER IV; CHAPTER V; CHAPTER VI; CHAPTER VII; CHAPTER VIII; CHAPTER IX; CHAPTER X; CHAPTER XI; CHAPTER XII; CHAPTER XIII; CHAPTER XIV; CHAPTER XV; CHAPTER XVI; CHAPTER XVII; CHAPTER XVIII; CHAPTER XIX; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; 2ND IFE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALIN PICTURES; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: African Film: Looking Back and Looking Forward acknowledges all those filmmakers and film scholars who, through their productions and theorization, have made a difference to the filmic universe in Africa. Their substantial contribution reflects our world and has the potential to change our lives. The book adopts an interdisciplinary character, traversing, as it does, the diverse subjects of politics, economics and history, among others. It interrogates Africa's filmic past, analyses current p...