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Title:African feminist engagements with film
Editors:Badoe, YabaISNI
Mama, AminaISNI
Mekuria, Salem
Dovey, LindiweISNI
Year:2012
Periodical:Feminist Africa (ISSN 1726-460X)
Issue:16
Pages:162
Language:English
Geographic term:Africa
Subjects:cinema
films
filmmakers
women
External link:https://feministafrica.net/editorial-african-feminist-engagements-with-film/
Abstract:Drawing on filmmakers, critics, film scholars and theorists, this issue of 'Feminist Africa' focuses on feminist engagements with film in various African contexts. The issue contains articles, interviews, a personal standpoint, profiles and film reviews. Features: Representation and self representation (Salem Mekuria) - New looks: the rise of African women filmmakers (Lindiwe Dovey) - Reflections on cinema criticism and African women (Beti Ellerson) - Challenging the status quo: a feminist reading of Shirley Frimpong-Manso's 'Life and Living It' (Kwamena Kwansah-Aidoo and Joyce Osei Owusu) - Strategising for success: re(packing) to re(present) (Jihan El Tahri) - Reflections on making 'Witches of Gambaga' (Yaba Badoe) - Women and the dynamics of representation: of cooking, cars, and gendered culture (Abena P.A. Busia). In Conversation: Mahen Bonetti with Françoise Bouffault - Tsitsi Dangaremba with Beti Ellerson - Sandra Mbanefo with Nana Sekyiamah. Standpoint: Adventures from our bedrooms: blogging about diverse erotic experiences (Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah). Profile: Black pride Brazilian style: the 5th Encontro de Cinema Negro Brasil Africa and Caribe (Yaba Badoe) - 'Beit Sha'ar', 'Nomad's Home' (Iman Kamel). Review: 'Witches of Gambaga' (Sokari Ekine) - 'Notre Etrangère' (Yaba Badoe). [ASC Leiden abstract]
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