African Cinema

Politics & Culture

Author: Manthia Diawara
ISBN: 9780253207074

"Manthia Diawara is quite simply the best critic (in any language) currently writing on African cinema." --Robert Stam "Diawara has produced a useful history, a cogent analysis, and, in his arguments on how African cinema should develop, an undoubtedly controversial book." --Studies in Popular Culture "This is a good, solid and reliable history of filmmaking on the African continent, beginning with colonial production and moving on to independent filmmaking... an important and welcome reference source." --Classic Images "Diawara's work is comprehensive, based on rigorous research and sound analyses... it aptly illustrates the intricate correlations between politics, economics and culture." --Black Film Review "In a relatively new field of historical 'film theory', African Cinema: Politics and Culture will become indispensable." --The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Vol. 1-3, 1996 Drawing on political science, economics, history, and cultural studies, Diawara provides an in

Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publish Date: 1992

Subjects: Performing Arts / Film & Video / General

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Black/African American (BLCK))