CH 3907 - African Film

Institution:

SUNY College at Old Westbury

Subject:

Comparative Humanities

Description:

This course will introduce students to major films directed by Africans and produced after independence in the early 1960s. The films reflect the aspirations the Africans have had to create their own images on their own cultures and social changes. In a first phase, African cinema was primarily concerned with the threat of Western assimilation and the glorification of the liberation struggles. Then, films began protesting state corruption, patriarchy and the violence of the present age. The new "post-engagement" African cinema encompasses a number of movies that are personal, fragmented testimonies on daily life. Many of them were made by women. Films to be screened include "Peasant Letter" (Safi Faye, 1975), "Sankofa" (Haile Gerima, 1993), and "Hyenes" (Djibril Diop Mambety, 1992). Offered Spring only.

Credits:

4.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.oldwestbury.edu

Phone Number:

(516) 876-3000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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