21F 853 African Cinemas: Syllabus
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Tuesday 7-9:30/14N-225
[C] = Coursepack
6 Feb
13 Feb- Boughedir, Caméra d'Afrique
- Ukadike, Black African Cinema: 21-58
20 Feb - NO CLASS [day after President's Day]
27 Feb
- Sembene, Borom Sarret; La Noire de..., Mandabi
- Ukadike, Black African Cinema: [59-68], 68-90, esp. 71-77
- Sembene, "La Noire de..."/"The Promised Land" [C]
- Pfaff, "Ousmane Sembene," "Borom Sarret," "Black Girl" [C]
5 Mar
- Sembene, Xala
- Armes, "Third Cinema" [C]
- Armes, "Ousmane Sembene" [C]
- [Gabriel, "Towards a Critical Theory of Third World Films" [C]]
12 Mar
- Mambety, Touki Bouki
- Ukadike, Black African Cinema: 166-201, esp. 172-77, 178-82
- Pfaff, "Djibril Diop-Mambety" [C]
19 Mar
- Cisse, Yeelen
- Ukadike, Black African Cinema: 246-63, esp. 254-63
- Pfaff, "Souleymane Cisse" [C]
SPRING BREAK
2 Apr
- Ouedraogo, Yaaba
- Ukadike, Black African Cinema: 263-88, esp. 277-83
9 Apr
- Bekolo, Quartier Mozart
- Diawara, "Tracking African Cinema"
16 Apr
- NO CLASS [day after Patriots Day]
23 Apr
- Achkar, Allah Tontou
- Aufderheide, "Memory and History in Subsaharan Africa"
- Staples, "Allah Tontou"
30 Apr
- Sembene, Camp de Thiaroye
- Ukadike, Black African Cinema: 288-303, esp. 292-97
7 May
- Mambety, Hyènes
- Durrenmatt play
- Mermin, "A Window on Whose Reality? The Emerging Industry of Senegalese Cinema"
14 May
- Diawara, Rouch in Reverse
- Ukadike, Black African Cinema: 304-11
- Boyd, "The Destiny of Nathalie X"
16 May
20-24 May