Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century : Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (257 pages)
Intro -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: The "Problem" of Nollywood -- 1: What Is to Be Done? -- 2: Nollywood and Its Critics -- 3: Ghanaian Popular Video Movies between State Film Policies and Nollywood -- 4: Islam, Hausa Culture, and Censorship in Northern Nigerian Video Film -- 5: Nollywood Goes East -- Part II: Imported Films and Their African Audiences -- 6: Commentary and Orality in African Film Reception -- 7: Songs, Stories, Action! -- Part III: FESPACO/Art Film in the Light of Nollywood -- 8: Art, Politics, and Commerce in Francophone African Cinema -- 9: Outside the Machine? -- 10: Emitaï: Basic Stylistic Elements -- 11: Curses, Nightmares, and Realities -- 12: The Return of the Mercedes -- 13: U.S. Distribution of African Film -- Selected Bibliography of African Cinema -- Contributors -- Index of Film Titles -- Index.
African cinema in the 1960s originated mainly from Francophone countries. It resembled the art cinema of contemporary Europe and relied on support from the French film industry and the French state. But since the early 1990s, a new phenomenon has come to dominate the African cinema world: mass-marketed films shot on less expensive video cameras.