Space and time in African cinema and cine-scapes / Kenneth W. Harrow.

"This book is the first of its kind to bring basic notions of contemporary physics to bear on African cine-scapes. In this book, renowned African cinema scholar Kenneth W. Harrow presents unique new ways to think about space and time in film, with a specific focus on African and African diasporic ci...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Routledge advances in film studies.
Main Author: Harrow, Kenneth W. (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022.
Series:Routledge advances in film studies.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Africa > History.
Space and time in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
Africa.
History.
Genre:
History.
Local Note:
MSU Stanley C. and Selma D. Hollander Faculty Book Collection
Physical Description:xi, 237 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Space and Relationality
  • Sembéne Ousmane, "Borom Sarret" and Framing the Questions of Science
  • John Akomfrah, Nine Muses
  • Dyana Gaye, Des Etoiles
  • Time
  • Time and Kentridge: Georges Méliès, "Le Voyage dans la lune" and William Kentridge, "The Refusal of Time," "Felix in Exile"
  • Abbas Kiarostami, ABC Africa and 24 Frames
  • Chris Marker, Sans Soleil
  • Mati Diop, Mille Soleils
  • Conclusion.