Overview
New African Cinema examines the pressing 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 in their films. Orlando illuminates the diverse themes evident in the works of filmmakers such as Ousmane Sembene's Ceddo (Senegal, 1977), Sarah Maldoror's Sambizanga (Angola, 1972), Assia Djebar's La Nouba des femmes de Mont Chenoua (The Circle of women of Mount Chenoua, Algeria, 1978), Zeze Gamboa's The Hero (Angola, 2004) and Abderrahmane Sissako's Timbuktu (Mauritania, 2014), among others. Orlando also considers the influence of major African film schools and their traditions, as well as European and American influences on the marketing and distribution of African film. For those familiar with the polemics of African film, or new to them, Orlando offers a cogent analytical approach that is engaging.
Full Product Details
Author: Valérie K. Orlando
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 11.40cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 17.80cm
Weight: 0.227kg
ISBN: 9780813589954
ISBN 10: 0813589959
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 15 April 2017
Recommended Age: From 16 years
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Valerie K. Orlandooffers an excellent, highly engaging analysis of twenty-first century cinema from and about Africa, examining some of the most pressing issues facing the continent today. --Hakim Abderrezak author of Ex-Centric Migrations: Europe and the Maghreb in Mediterranean Cinema, Literature, & Music
<i>New African Cinema</i> manages the formidable task ofdepicting the depth, breadth, and great diversity of cinema on the Africancontinent by highlighting different genres and themes. This book willappealto anyone who is interested in film. --Cecile Accilien The University of Kansas
-Valerie K. Orlando offers an excellent, highly engaging analysis of twenty-first century cinema from and about Africa, examining some of the most pressing issues facing the continent today.---Hakim Abderrezak -author of Ex-Centric Migrations: Europe and the Maghreb in Mediterranean Cinema, Literature, & Music -
Author Information
VALÉRIE K. ORLANDO is a professor of French and Francophone literatures and cultures and head of the French and Italian department at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author of several books, including the forthcoming, The Algerian New Novel: The Poetics of a Modern Nation, 1950-1979.
