Main entry:

Diawara, Manthia, 1953-

Title & Author:

African film : new forms of aesthetics and politics / Manthia Diawara.

Edition:

English ed.

Publication:

Munich [Germany] ; New York : Prestel, ©2010.

Description:

319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 22 cm + 1 DVD (4 3/4 in.)

Notes:
Translation of: Neues afrikanisches Kino : Ästhetik und Politik.
Includes filmography.
Ouagadougou -- Berlin. African cinema : foreign aid as Tarzanism ; The new African cinema wave : The arte wave, La Guide des Cinéastes: the independent spirit and the pursuit of a pan-African cinema, The new popular African cinema -- Nollywood : popular cinema and the new social imaginary. Mobility in Africa ; Toward a narratological approach to Nollywood videos.
DVD: Director, Manthia Diawara ; project manager, Doris Hegner ; translators: English, Laurence Nunny ; French, Anne-Marie Lapillonne ; German, Anja Schulte ; camera, Simon Arazi, Mohamed Lamine Touré, Noëlle Georg, Lounissi Khelefaoui ; video editor, Micael Espinha, Filipe Ferreira, Pedro Rodrigues ; original sound track, Jon Luz.
DVD: Interviewer: Manthia Diawara.
Accompanying DVD has title on label: filmmakers in conversation.
Text in English, translated from the German.
Library copy: former shelfmark: 791.43(6).
Library copy: includes annotations.
Library copy: Presentation copy of Manthia Diawara to Belinda van Buiten and Antoni Folkers.

Summary:

"Focusing on new trends in African cinema from the 1990s to today this book explores such topics as new cinematic languages and modes of production, the departure from nationalism and social realism, and the Nollywood film industry. Manthia Diawara brings readers up to date on the exciting changes taking place behind and in front of African cameras. Contributions by film-makers as well as profiles of thirty-one important African directors and their films, provide valuable insight into recent developments"--Provided by publisher.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

9783791343426 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)
3791343424 (pbk. ; acid-free paper)

Subject:

Motion pictures Africa History.
Motion picture producers and directors Africa.
Producteurs et réalisateurs de cinéma Afrique.
Motion picture producers and directors
Motion pictures
Film
Filmregisseur
Film Afrika Geschichte 1990 ff Filmographie.
Filmproduktion Afrika Geschichte 1990 ff Filmographie.
Filmregisseur Gespräch Geschichte 1990 ff DVD-Video.
Film historia Afrika.
Africa
Afrika

Form/genre:

video recordings (physical artifacts)
Video recordings
History
Vidéos.

Added entries:

Diawara, Manthia, donor.
Van Buiten, Belinda, former owner.
Folkers, Antoni, former owner.
Antoni Folkers and Belinda van Buiten Library, donor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 316419
Call No.: 316419
Copy: 1
Status: Available