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About: Re: Teaching African Cinema - manual and video from BFI

Tue, 4 Aug 1998 06:23:30 -0700 (PDT)

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    Originally from: <owner-african-cinema-conference@xc.org>
    Originally dated: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 06:23:30 -0700 (PDT)

    From: "William P. Coleman" <wpc@wpcmath.com>
    Organization: WPCMath http://www.wpcmath.com

    Steve:
    Thank you for posting this very interesting information.
    I was unable to find anything about it at the BFI Web site
    http://www.bfi.org.uk/home.htm, but I forwarded your posting to them and
    asked for further details.
    I couldn't find it in Amazon, either by title or ISBN.
    However, I was able to find it either by title or by ISBN at the website
    http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/ for Blackwell's Bookshop in Oxford,
    England. They seem to be very well set up for international orders, and I
    have gotten good service from them in the past.
    Thanks again,
    Bill Coleman

    owner-african-cinema-conference@xc.org wrote:
    > Originally from: <owner-african-cinema-conference@xc.org>
    > Originally dated: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 08:09:39 -0700 (PDT)
    >
    > I just got in my Teaching African Cinema kit. There was a posting
    about it
    > ages ago but I can't find it. I know I paid for it many months
    ago. Anyhow
    > it came the other day and I have to say I think it is terrific. I
    haven't
    > read it in full yet - that will take me months probably, but I
    wanted to
    > tell everyone about it as I suspect many others will want to get
    it too. It
    > is published by the British Film Institute, written by Roy
    Ashbury, Wendy
    > Helsby and Maureen O'Brien. It was funded by the Africa 95 and
    European
    > Development Fund, and somehow related to the projects done by June
    Givanni
    > and Gaylene Gould of the BFI's African and Caribbean Unit.
    > The book is 124 pages (A4 size ring bound) and section headings
    are:
    > Context
    > The Development of Film in Africa
    > Brief history
    > African cinema under colonialism
    > Film production in Egypt
    > Black African cinema after Independence
    > Some African film makers
    > Festivals and origanisations
    > Distribution and exhibition
    > Training
    > Finance
    > Censorship
    > Is there an African cinema
    > Going to the cinema in Burkina Faso
    >
    > The Question of Culture
    > Case Studies-Xala, Halfaouine, Borom Sarret, Le Certificat
    d'Indigence,
    > Denko/For the Son
    >
    > Also there is a 116 minute VHS PAL video that shows clips and
    complements
    > the book.
    > This is one of those books that I love, but also hate as it looks
    so good
    > that I have now to find the time to read it.... I recommend it to
    you all.
    >
    > I assume it is available from the
    > British Film Institute
    > 21 Stephen Street
    > London W1P 2LN, UK
    >
    > It is ISBN # 0-85170-560-X
    > Sorry I can't find anywhere on it a clear address to buy it from,
    but that
    > is a small failing in what looks like a great resource. (Note:
    I'm not
    > involved with it at all, and paid my UKP 20 (?) like anyone else
    would to
    > get a copy.)
    > Cheers,
    > Steve Smith
    > DSR, Inc
    > ssmith@dsr-inc.com



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