African documentary cinema / by Alexie Tcheuyap.
| Author/creator | Tcheuyap, Alexie |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, 2024. |
| Description | pages cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge advances in film studies Routledge advances in film studies. ^A784337 |
| Contents | Introduction -- One: Documentary Media in Africa. Theories and Practices -- National Documentary as Imperial Documentary (By Other Means) -- Emerging Horizons in Contemporary African Documentary -- Two: "African Lives Matter": Fame and Documentary -- African Life Writing: From Biopics to Biodocumentaries -- Revisiting the Rise and Fall of Mobutu Sese Seko -- Reconceptualizing Greatness: Denis Mukwege's Advocacy -- Preserving Transgressive Intellectual Legacies -- Narrating, Testifying, and Mediating Political Engagement -- Three: Women and/in Documentary -- Women, Fiction, and Documentaries -- Under Men's Eyes -- Gendering the Social -- Women with Open Eyes: Interrogating a Mode of Liberated Speech -- Osvalde Lewat, Florence Ayisi and the Political -- Four: LGBTQ Identities -- On Black Sexuality -- Forbidden Sexualities -- Woubi Chéri and Fluidity in Motion -- Saving Uganda from Sin -- Five: Slow Death in Ecodocumentaries -- Postcolonial Global Ecoworlds -- Idrissou Mora-Kpai and Amina Weira: Slow Death by Uranium -- Water, Garbage, Shit and Deforestation -- Six: Memories of Atrocities -- Asientos: From Present to Past Traumas -- Questioning Documentary Cinema after Genocide -- Beyond Western Guilt? Iseta, Behind the Roadblock -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | "African Documentary Cinema investigates the inception and trajectory of contemporary documentary filmmaking in sub-Saharan African countries and their diasporas. The book challenges critical paradigms that have long prevailed in African film criticism, shedding light on the diverse discourses and evolving aesthetic trends present within documentary films. Situating his analysis within the context of the significant transformation of the African film industry, the author focuses on the development, diversity and shifting dynamics that have impacted contemporary documentary cinema. Examining the historical, political, sociological, economic and cultural factors that have facilitated the rise of documentary films - especially those created by female documentarians - the book assesses the emergence of documentary filmmakers spanning different generations. Their training, practices, and innovative perspectives on social, political and environmental issues ultimately give rise to new frameworks for understanding the bio-documentary genre, issues of gender discrimination, LGBTQIA identities, environmental trauma, genocide, and memory on the African continent. This ground-breaking study offers new insight into a rapidly expanding topic and will appeal to students and scholars in the fields of film studies, documentary film, media industry studies, African studies, French, postcolonial studies, politics and cultural studies"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024016745 |
| ISBN | 9781032203744 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9781032203799 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |