A Film Series at the University of Michigan
January 10, 2012
Description:
This film series highlights poetic images produced by African women filmmakers. Throughout Africa, women have emerged from the double oppression of patriarchy and colonialism. As producers, directors, actresses, scriptwriters, financiers, promoters, marketers and distributors of film, television, and video, they have become the unsung heroines of the moving image in postcolonial Africa. Unfortunately, these immense contributions by women are underrepresented, both in industry debates and in academic research. There are now many cases in which African women in front of and behind the camera lens have overcome social barriers, yet this is often overlooked.
The film screenings include:
Paris mon paradis by Eléonore Yameogo
The Place in Between by Sarah Bouyain
Children of the White Man by Sarah Bouyain
The Witches of Gambaga by Yaba Bodoe
Cuba: An African Odyssey by Jihan El-Tahri
Calypso Rose the lioness of the jungle by Pascale Obolo
La femme invisible/The Invisible Woman by Pascale Obolo
Organizers: Professor Frieda Ekotto (Afroamerican and African Studies and Comparative Literature) and Marie Stoll, PhD Candidate (Romance Languages and Literatures). Free and Open to the Public
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