Valérie K Orlando

New African Cinema

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the social, cultural, economic, and historical issues explored by African filmmakers from the early post-colonial years into the new millennium. Offering an overview of the development of postcolonial African cinema since the 1960s, Valerie K. Orlando highlights the variations in content and themes that reflect the socio-cultural and political environments of filmmakers and the cultures they depict.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 180mm x 115mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 227g
• ISBN-13: 9780813589954
• ISBN-10: 0813589959
• Artikelnr.: 45803307

Autorenporträt

Orlando, Valérie K

Inhaltsangabe

Author’s Note vii
Introduction 1
1 From Revolution to the Coming of Age of African Cinema, 1960s–1990s 39
2 New Awakenings and New Realities of the Twenty-First Century in African
Film 82
Conclusion: The Futures of African Film 141
Acknowledgments 145
Notes 147
Further Reading and Useful Websites 155
Works Cited 157
Selected Filmography: Twenty-First-Century Films 167
Index 169