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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