21F 853 African Cinemas: Course Details
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Required Reading
- Ukadike, Black African Cinema
- Coursepack
Recommended Reading
- Armes, Third-World Film Making and the West
- Diawara, African Cinema
- Pines and Willemin, eds. Questions of Third Cinema
Films
- Achkar, David. Allah Tontou (Guinea/France, 1991)
- Bekolo, Jean-Pierre. Quartier Mozart (Cameroun, 1992)
- Blackwood, Maureen. Home Away from Home (UK, 1994)
- Boughedir, Ferid. Caméra d'Afrique: 20 Years of African Cinema (Tunisia, 1983)
- Cisse, Souleymane. Yeelen (Mali, 1987)
- Diawara, Manthia. Rouch in Reverse (US, 1994)
- Diop-Mambety, Djibril. Touki Bouki (Senegal, 1973)
- Diop-Mambety, Djibril. Le Franc (Senegal, 1994)
- Diop-Mambety, Djibril. Hyènes (Senegal, 1992)
- Ouedraogo, Idrissa. Yaaba (Burkina Faso, 1989)
- Peck, Raoul. Lumumba: la mort du prophète (France/Germany/Switzerland, 1992)
- Sembene, Ousmane. Borom Sarret (Senegal, 1963)
- Sembene, Ousmane. La Noire de... (Senegal, 1966)
- Sembene, Ousmane. Xala (Senegal, 1974)
- Sembene, Ousmane. Camp de Thiaroye (Senegal, 1987)
Notes
Film screenings will be held Thursdays 7-9:00 in 14E-310. Attendance of these
screenings is compulsory. If you are unable to attend a screening, you will be
responsible for making arrangements with the Film & Media Studies Film
Office to see the film in time for the following Tuesday's class. Video copies
of films will be available for study at the Film Office.
Assignments and Grading
- 2 term papers (5 pages): 30%
- 2 term presentations (based on papers): 30%
- Final examination: 20%
- Preparation/Participation: 20%