Cinemas of the Black Diaspora

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ISBN: 9780814325889 | 0814325882
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Copyright: 1/1/1996

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This volume provides a global survey of the plurality of cinematic traditions and film practices in the black diaspora. It revisits and elaborates several of the themes addressed in the anthology Black Frames: Critical Perspectives on Black Independent Cinema, edited by Mbye B. Cham and Claire Andrae-Watkins.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Framing the "Black" in Black Diasporic Cinemas	p. 1
Culture and National Identity	p. 25
A No-Theory Theory Of Contemporary Black Cinema	p. 40
Dialogic Modes of Representing Africa(s): Womanist Film	p. 56
Towards a Critical Theory of Third World Films	p. 70
The Artist as the Leader of the Revolution: The History of the Federation Panafricaine des Cineastes	p. 95
A Cinema Fighting for Its Liberation	p. 111
Sembene, A Griot of Modern Times	p. 118
[South Africa] Independent Cinema	p. 129
A Mirage in the Desert?: African Women Directors at FESPACO	p. 145
Black African Cinema in the Eighties	p. 153
Toward an African Cinema	p. 167
Portuguese African Cinema: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 1969 to 1993	p. 181
New Developments in Black African Cinema	p. 204
Shape and Shaping of Caribbean Cinema	p. 241
On Adapting a West Indian Classic to the Cinema: The Implications of Success	p. 266
Sergio Giral on Filmmaking in Cuba: An Interview	p. 274
Samba, Candomble, Quilombo: Black Performance and Brazilian Cinema	p. 281
Black Filmmaking in Britain's Workshop Section	p. 305
The Films of Isaac Julien: Look Back and Talk Black	p. 318
The Cinema of Exile	p. 339
Producing African Cinema in Paris: An Interview with Andree Daventure	p. 346
[Black Film as Genre] Definitions	p. 357
Images of Blacks in Black Independent Films: A Brief Survey	p. 365
Making Daughters of the Dust	p. 376
William Greaves, Documentary Filmmaking, and the African-American Experience	p. 389
Black American Cinema: The New Realism	p. 405
The Paradox of Black Independent Cinema	p. 431
Which Way the Black Film Movement?	p. 442
The Future of Black Film: The Debate Continues	p. 449
The Future of Black Film: The Debate Continues	p. 455
Resolutions of the Third World Film-makers Meeting, Algiers, December 5-14, 1973	p. 463
Seminar on "The Role of the African Film-Maker in Rousing an Awareness of Black Civilization," Ouagadougou, April 8-13, 1974	p. 473
Niamey Manifesto of African Film Makers, March 1-4, 1982	p. 498
FeCAViP Manifesto (1990)	p. 503
Select Bibliography	p. 505
Contributors	p. 509
Index	p. 513
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