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基本説明
Winner of the French National Film Centre's best filmbook of 1997.
Full Description
This is both a personal journey and an introduction to the cinema cultures of Africa. A book about the politics of cultural survival, it is also an overview of African cinema and television. Olivier Barlet traces the development of African cinema from colonization to Afrocentrism. He analyzes specific films, particularly through narrative and in terms of their African specificity - in the use of silence, orality and humour. He explores the social and economic contexts of the African cinema and television industry - including its often vexed relations with the West and the problems of production and distribution that African film-makers face. He also covers the African television industry and African-American cinema. Exploring the achievements and challenges of those who seek to affirm African cultural values through film, the book is ultimately a plea for seeing and respecting the otherness of the Other.
Contents
Part 1 Early days, first ritesimagination; "proverbs were once people" - referring to the past; closing one's eyes; prizing open the cracked identity; the open gaze. Part 2 The roots of story-telling: black humour; men die but words remain - narrative and the oral tradition; if your song is not more beautiful than the silence, then be quiet; speaking your own language; towards a critique of necessity. Part 3 A black perspective?: "if you want honey, you've got to take on the bees" - the difficulties of film-making; the African public - diversity itself; northern audiences spinning like a weathervane; "when you have meat to cook, you seek out the one who has a fire" - the logic of Western aid; televisual strategies. Annex - where is black African cinema heading?
