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Contents List of Photographs, Stills & Posters Acknowledgments Introduction Development &Evolutions A brief history of Sub-Saharan Francophone African film Critical Paradigms The Problematic Legacy of Eurocentrism Postmodernism or Postcoloniality? Towards New Paradigms Cultural Identity, Representation & Voice Representing Africa: the Western imagination Alternative Perspectives or Reassessing Identity through Film Screen Griots; Orature & film Living Traditions: the cultural context The stylistic & structural influences of orature on film Memory, History Other Stories The 'Colonial Confontation' Genre Memory-History Films: Afrique je te plumerai; Asientos; Allah Tantou; Fadjal Filming the Immigrant Experience Francophone African Cinema in Europe Setting a Precedent: Afrique sur Seine The Myth of Europe: illusions & delusions; integration or return? Interracial relationships & immigrant communities African Women & Film In screen and behind camera Directing the Female Gaze: Safi Faye; Laure Folly; Fanta R. Nacro 'Womanist'Films Conclusion Interviews with Directors Adama Drabo Anne Laure Folly Dany Kouyati Fanta Idlina Nacre Idrissa Quedraollo Abderrahmane Sissaku Chelck Bumar Sissoke Jean-Marie Teno Bibligraphy Filmeography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Motion pictures Africa, French-speaking