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050 4 _aPN1992.934.N6.V54
082 0 _a791.4309669/090511
100 1 _aŞaul, Mahir.
245 1 0 _aViewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century :
_bArt Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aAthens, OH :
_bOhio University Press,
_c2010.
264 4 _c©2010.
300 _a1 online resource (257 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aAfrican 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aAusten, Ralph A.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aŞaul, Mahir
_tViewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century
_dAthens, OH : Ohio University Press,c2010
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797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
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