Twenty-Five Black African Filmmakers: A Critical Study, with Filmography and Bio-Bibliography

by Francoise Pfaff

Book Overview

An invaluable work on black African cinema has at last appeared in English. Francoise Pfaff's volume synthesizes relevant information, devoid of hagiography, about twenty-five sub-Saharan African filmmakers, according a separate chapter--consisting of a biography, filmography, and thematic analyses of individual films--to each. Varying critical viewpoints are brought to bear from both African and non-African perspectives. The author has gone beyond...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313246955
• ISBN13: 9780313246951
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"