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Visions of Africa: Anthropology on Film - Jean Rouch, John Marshall and other Film Makers Keyan Tomaselli, 1993. Originally published in Critical Arts 7(1-2). http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/visions.htm South African Indie Film Site A resource for independent South African film-makers. http://www.safilm.org.za/ Contemporary African Film at the 13th Annual Carter Lectures on Africa Rebecca Gearhart. Interviews with filmmaker Salem Mekuria and film critic Sheila Petty. Originally published in African Studies Quarterly 2(1). http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v2/v2i1a5.htm 'African' Cinema - Theoretical Perspectives on Some Unresolved Questions Keyan Tomaselli, 1993. Originally published in Critical Arts 7(1-2). http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/african.htm Films from Africa and the African Diaspora Distributors of films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe. http://www.africanfilm.com/ Africa at the Pictures A festival celebrating African Cinema in London. 10-24 June 2001. http://www.africaatthepictures.co.uk/ Sithengi 2000 Southern African Film and Television Market Sithengi is the only annual film and television market on the African continent. http://www.sithengi.co.za/ Mama Africa Mama Africa - six short films by African women, each from a different country and perspective. http://www.zimmedia.com/mama_africa/ "Asking for trouble": The South African state and the Cry Freedom saga Jay Savage (1989 Honours project). http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/freedom.htm South African short-film making from 1980 to 1995 A thematic exploration by Martin P Botha. http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=7133 New African Cinema Francoise Pfaff (1996). Originally published in Cineaste 22(4). http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/newafricancinema.html Africa Film WebMeeting Archives (Feb 96 to Feb 99) of the African Cinema Conference mailing list. http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21f.853/africa-film/ Decolonizing Film in Africa - Contesting the Dream Factory Keyan G Tomaselli, May 1998. http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/decolflm.htm Film in Africa and South Africa Edwin Hees, 1993. Originally published in Critical Arts 7(1-2). http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/hees.htm Making Film in Africa Film and film-making in Africa: reviews, criticism and theory. Papers by Kedmon Hungwe, Martin Mhando and Kimani Gecau, focussing on Zimbabwe and Central Africa. http://www.szs.net/making-film-in-africa/ Zanzibar International Film Festival Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) is an NGO supporting the arts and culture of the Dhow Region. Now preparing for next Festival of the Dhow Countries - ZIFF '2000 taking place from June 30th to July 9th 2000. http://www.zanzibar.org/ziff/ Reviews and Reflections: African Film. Notes by William P. Coleman, April 1998. http://www.wpcmath.com/films/africanfilm/africanfilm2.html Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO) Largest film festival in Africa. http://www.fespaco.bf/ Sorious Samura's Africa Describes the making of two documentaries: Exodus, following the plight of African people attempting to reach the West; and Walking on Ashes, filmed in Uganda, which attempts to make sense of the one-party state. http://www.sorioussamurasafrica.org/ African Films: A Retrospective and a Vision for the Future N. Frank Ukadike, 1993. Originally published in Critical Arts 7(1-2). http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/ukadike.htm Wonders of the African World (West Africa Review, January 2000) Special issue of West Africa Review devoted to commentaries and responses to the film series, Wonders Of The African World, produced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. http://www.westafricareview.com/war/vol1.2/index1.2.htm African Diaspora Film Festival Features works that present African Diaspora life and culture. Based in New York City. http://www.nyadff.org/ H-AfrLitCine Discussion Network H-Net discussion list dealing with African Literature and Cinema. Includes book reviews and searchable archives. http://www.h-net.org/~aflitweb/ African Script Development Fund The African Scipt Development Fund assists the training of African writers to develop professional standard film and television screenplays. To achieve this, the ASDF uses an integrative approach that unifies the creative process with marketing and distri http://www.icon.co.zw/asdf/ Cinema, African Introduction to African cinema by Elizabeth Heath. http://www.africana.com/research/encarta/tt_354.asp Interview with Djibril Diop Mambety A very short interview from 1993. http://www.itutu.com/djibril/ FESPACO 2001 News coverage of the Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou. http://allafrica.com/search.html?string=fespaco Cry Freetown Award-winning film portraying the events of January 1999 in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone. http://www.cryfreetown.org/ The Fading Cinema Culture Feature in P.M. News (Lagos) on the decline of the Nigerian cinema-going tradition. http://allafrica.com/stories/200009080155.html In Search Of Quality Interview with Tayo Odunlami. The News (Lagos). http://allafrica.com/stories/200008210216.html The Voortrekkers on Film Paper by Edwin Hees, 1995. http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/voortrek.htm Africa Film and TV International journal of the moving image in Africa, yearbook/directory, quarterly magazine, newsflash by post, fax or email. http://www.africafilmtv.com/ African Cinema in the Nineties Scholarly paper by Mbye Cham originally published in African Studies Quarterly 2(1). http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v2/v2i1a4.htm Flame Resources Links to resources about Flame, the controversial film about the role of women in the Zimbabwe war of liberation. http://www.diversity-studio.co.uk/flame/ Stanford University Links - Films and Videos An annotated guide to films and videos about Africa south of the Sahara. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/film.html How To Read Films About Southern Africa Guidance on interpretation of pre- and post-colonial film. (Keyan G Tomaselli, 1998) http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/readfilm.htm The Best of Both Worlds? Colonial Film Policy and Practice in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland David Kerr, 1993. Originally published in Critical Arts 7(1-2). http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/kerr.htm FESPACO February 2001 Film festival photo-essay. http://allafrica.com/photoessay/fespaco/ Cinema on the Periphery: South African Cinema History of South African cinema, 1895-1990. (Keyan Tomaselli, 1997). http://www.und.ac.za/und/ccms/publications/articles/cinemasa.htm French Cinema Hall to Screen African Films Jacques Reirat, a French programmer of films in various cinema halls in Paris, has disclosed plans to reserve one of the halls to the projection of African films beginning October. (Panafrican News Agency). http://allafrica.com/stories/200009130256.html Flame - Zimbabwe 1996 Flame (1996), director Ingrid Sinclair. First film to focus on the role of women & the struggles for the independence & liberation of Zimbabwe. http://www.zimmedia.com/flame/ Approaches to African Cinema Study Martin Mhando, 2000. An approach to African cinema from a cultural studies perspective, emphasising the deconstructive criticism viewpoint. http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/8/african.html

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