{"product_id":"francophone-african-women-documentary-filmmakers-beyond-representation-9780253066534","title":"Francophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers: Beyond Representation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrancophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers\u003c\/i\u003e is groundbreaking edited collection which explores the contributions of Francophone African women to the field of documentary filmmaking. Rich in its scope and critical vision it constitutes a timely contribution to cutting-edge scholarly debates on African cinemas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing 10 chapters from prominent film scholars, it explores the distinctive documentary work and contributions of Francophone African women filmmakers since the 1960s. It focuses documentaries by North African and Sub-Saharan women filmmakers, including the pioneering work of Safi Faye in \u003ci\u003eKaddu Beykat\u003c\/i\u003e, Rama Thiaw's \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution Will Not be Televised\u003c\/i\u003e, Katy Lena Ndiaye's\u003ci\u003e Le Cercle des noyes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEn attendant les hommes\u003c\/i\u003e, Dalila Ennadre's \u003ci\u003eFama: Heroism Without Glory\u003c\/i\u003e and Leila Kitani's \u003ci\u003eNos lieux interdits. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShunned from costly fictional- 35mm-filmmaking, \u003ci\u003eFrancophone African Women Documentary Filmmakers\u003c\/i\u003e examines how these women engaged and experimented with documentary filmmaking in personal, evocative ways that countered the officially sanctioned, nationalist practice of show and teach\/promote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-15583496\"\u003eSuzanne Crosta\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 206\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 5.98w x 0.55d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253066534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0253066530\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004110\"\u003eFilm | Genres | Documentary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004030\"\u003eFilm | History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL035010\"\u003eHuman Rights\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSuzanne Crosta is Professor of French at McMaster University. She teaches contemporary African, Asian and Caribbean literatures and cinemas in French with a focus on ecocriticism, childhood\/life narratives, postcolonialism, ethics, migration, violence and genocide. She has lectured widely at various universities in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and the U.S.A in these disciplines. Her articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eCallaloo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCritical Interventions: Journal of African Art History and Visual Culture, Itinéraires et Contacts de cultures, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ePrésence Francophone, Review in Feminist Research, Tangence, Thamyris, Voix plurielles among others. She is also the author of books and edited volumes on African and Caribbean literatures written in French. Currently, she is collaborating with Sada Niang and Alexie Tcheuyap on African cinemas and documentary filmmaking practices with CRSH\/SSHRC funding support.Sada Niang is Professor of francophone literatures and cinemas in the Department of French at the University of Victoria. He has Published Cinéma et littérature en Afrique francophone\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), \u003ci\u003eDjibril Diop Mambéty un cinéaste à contre courant \u003c\/i\u003e(2002), \u003ci\u003eNationalist African cinemas\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLegacy and Transformations\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), co-edited two special issues of Presence francophone (2001 \u0026amp; 2008), a collection of essays on Ousmane Sembene (2010) and a special issue of \u003ci\u003ecritical Interventions \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) on African documentaries. Niang has also widely published on francophone African and Caribbean literatures.Alexie Tcheuyap, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, is Professor of French and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University University of Toronto. His publications include \u003ci\u003eAvoir peur. Insécurité et roman et Afrique francophone \u003c\/i\u003e(with Hervé Tchumkam, 2019), \u003ci\u003eAutoritarisme, presse et violence au Cameroun, \u003c\/i\u003e(2014) and \u003ci\u003ePostnationalist African Cinemas \u003c\/i\u003e(2011).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44692525089005,"sku":"9780253066534","price":56.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_35ac1371-e3d5-442d-9891-6541a0bac208.jpg?v=1703739516","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/francophone-african-women-documentary-filmmakers-beyond-representation-9780253066534","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}