The final module closes the course by asking how foundational films are selected, preserved, restored, taught and programmed. Learners build a final project that can connect to Unga Festival, CineUbuntu, CineMap or Shot Atlas.
Learning goal
Transform foundational-film knowledge into canon critique, archive sheets, restoration awareness and final programming practice.
Completed lessons
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Course
Foundational Films of African Cinema
Lesson list
Lesson 1
Critique canons and build counter-canons that reveal missing regions, formats, genders, languages and industries.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Critique canons and build counter-canons that reveal missing regions, formats, genders, languages and industries.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 2
Understand how archive status, restoration, rights and access shape foundational film memory.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Understand how archive status, restoration, rights and access shape foundational film memory.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 3
Design a final foundational-film program, archive project, Shot Atlas set or critical presentation.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Design a final foundational-film program, archive project, Shot Atlas set or critical presentation.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Open only when you are ready to apply this module. The complete prompts are preserved here.
Program six foundational films with a title, criteria, regional balance and one note per film.
Expected output
A complete public-facing film program.
Quiz structure
1 question are prepared to validate the core concepts of this module.
Source to review before public screening or classroom projection.
Open resourceSource to review before public screening or classroom projection.
Open resource