Alternative Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film
Thakway, Melissa
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Hardback
256 pages
Published: 2003
Publisher: James Currey (Publishers) Ltd
ISBN / EAN: 0852555776
Film-makers in sub-Saharan francophone Africa have been using cinema since independence in the 1960s to challenge Western stereotypes. This text shows how directors have produced alternatives, focusing on issues of memory and history.