African Cinema: Politics & Culture
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"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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:025320707X
ISBN13:9780253207074
Release Date:April 1992
Publisher:Indiana University Press (Ips)
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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A good historical text.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
This book contains valuable information on the history of African film from colonial times to the present. It explains why film production in Africa is what it is today, from region to region. This is mainly a book on African film history, so reviews of films are not emphasized
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