FRNCH-374 African Cinemas

An introduction to the cinema of Africa. This course is a study of major cultural and socio-political issues as well as of techniques, and the crucial question of "language(s)" in African cinemas, from the colonial to the post-colonial era. African filmmakers include Raoul Peck, Ngangura Mweze, Ousmane Sembene, Assia Djebar, Amadou Saalum Seck, Raymond Rajaonarivelo, Kwaw Ansah, Djibril Diop Mambety, as well as some non-African directors such as Thierry Michel and Tristan Boulard. Taught in French.

Maximum Enrollment

Proseminar (16)

(Proseminar, Social Structural and Institutional Hierarchies.)

Credits

1

Prerequisite

One 200-level course or above, or consent of the instructor.