Schirmer Encyclopedia of Film

Africa South of the Sahara
cultures. By incorporating new visions, ideologies, and
aesthetic expressions, these filmmakers are interrogating
not only the territoriality of sub-Saharan African identities,
but are also staking places for African cultures in the
global flow of ideas and peoples.
SEE ALSO Colonialism and Postcolonialism; National
Cinema; Third Cinema
FURTHER READING
Balseiro, Isabel, and Ntongela Masilela, eds. To Change Reels:
Film and Film Culture in South Africa. Detroit, MI: Wayne
State University Press, 2003.
Barlet, Olivier. African Cinemas: Decolonizing the Gaze.
Translated by Chris Turner. London and New York: Zed
Books, 2000.
Diawara, Manthia. African Cinema: Politics and Culture.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1992.
Gugler, Josef. African Film: Re-Imagining a Continent.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2003.
Pfaff, Françoise, ed. Focus on African Films. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 2004.
Thackway, Melissa. Africa Shoots Back: Alternative Perspectives in
Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film. Bloomington:
Indiana University Press, 2003.
Tomaselli, Keyan. The Cinema of Apartheid: Race and
Class in South African Film. New York: Smyrna/Lake View,
1988.
Ukadike, Nwachukwu Frank. Black African Cinema. Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1994.
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