Films such as I Am Not a Witch and On Becoming a Guinea Fowl turn accusation, social control, secrets and silence into cinematic structures. Their forms question who has power to name, accuse and remember.
Lesson goal
Study accusation, witchcraft and family secrecy as social structures.
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Bodies, Gender, Family and Social Resistance
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Formation 07 lecture placeholder · Accusation, Witchcraft, Social Norms and Breaking Silence
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Situate accusation, witchcraft, social norms and silence through access, archives, production conditions, recognition and circulation.
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Study gaze, voice, body, space, memory, genre, documentary form and public reception.
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Transform the study into a profile, corpus note, Shot Atlas entry, CineMap record, CineUbuntu discussion or programming brief.
Studying African women filmmakers does not mean treating women as one aesthetic category. It means correcting invisibility, studying access to production, reading forms carefully and building more accurate histories of African screen culture.
Films such as I Am Not a Witch and On Becoming a Guinea Fowl turn accusation, social control, secrets and silence into cinematic structures. Their forms question who has power to name, accuse and remember.
Discussion prompt
What does this film, filmmaker or corpus reveal about access, gaze, body, memory, archive, circulation or recognition?
Exercise prompt
Analyze one film around accusation, silence and the social power of naming.
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Work through the exercises and complementary resources after reading the lesson.
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Quiz
Answer 2 questions, review explanations and continue when ready.
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