The contemporary field includes auteurs, popular industries, diasporic filmmakers, archives, restored works, series, documentaries, experimental films and online publics.
Lesson goal
Map contemporary African cinema as a field of multiple forms and publics.
Module
What Is Contemporary African Cinema?
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Formation 09 lecture placeholder · Mapping Forms: Auteurs, Popular Industries, Diasporas, Archives and Publics
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Situate auteurs, popular industries, diasporas, archives and publics through period, method, institutions, audiences and circulation.
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Study authorship, popular industries, genres, platforms, archives, politics, cities and publics.
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Turn the analysis into a program, critical dossier, Shot Atlas note, CineMap record, CineUbuntu debate or festival brief.
Contemporary African cinema is not one style, one market or one festival category. It includes auteur films, popular industries, series, YouTube circulation, diasporic works, documentaries, archives, genre films, experimental practices and new publics.
The contemporary field includes auteurs, popular industries, diasporic filmmakers, archives, restored works, series, documentaries, experimental films and online publics.
Discussion prompt
Which contemporary force is most visible here: form, industry, platform, politics, audience, archive or circulation?
Exercise prompt
Create a field map with at least five contemporary forms and the publics they address.
Practice
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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