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The purpose of the African Women in Cinema Blog is to provide a space to discuss diverse topics relating to African women in cinema--filmmakers, actors, producers, and all film professionals. The blog is a public forum of the Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema.

Le Blog sur les femmes africaines dans le cinéma est un espace pour l'échange d'informations concernant les réalisatrices, comédiennes, productrices, critiques et toutes professionnelles dans ce domaine. Ceci sert de forum public du Centre pour l'étude et la recherche des femmes africaines dans le cinémas.

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21 March 2026

Women's History Month at the African Women in Cinema Blog: Researches in African women in cinema studies

Women's History Month at the African Women in Cinema Blog
Researches in African women in cinema studies

Following is a selection of articles relevant to African women in cinema and research:

Researches in African Women in Cinema Studies: Beginnings - a dossier by Beti Ellerson https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2025/01/researches-in-african-women-in-cinema-studies-beginnings.html

Researches in African Women in Cinema Studies - Discussion of the Literature
https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2025/02/researches-in-african-women-in-cinema-literature.html

Building a Historiography of African Women in Cinema

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2012/12/building-historiography-of-african.html

Zélie Asava: mixed-race identities and representation in Irish, U.S. and French cinemas

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2015/02/zelie-asava-mixed-raced-identities-and.html

Perspectives from Italy: María Coletti talks about her research on the representation of women in African cinema https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2011/06/perspectives-from-italy-maria-coletti.html

Agatha Ukata: Researching Women in Nollywood

https://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.com/2011/11/agatha-ukata-researching-women-in.html

AFRICANA STUDIA 26 : Lutas de Mulheres no Cinema de África e do Médio Oriente | Women's Struggles in the Cinemas of Africa and the Middle East | Les luttes des femmes dans les cinémas de l’Afrique et du Moyen-Orient

http://africanwomenincinema.blogspot.fr/2017/11/africana-studia-26-lutas-de-mulheres-no.html

09 November 2017

AFRICANA STUDIA 26 : Lutas de Mulheres no Cinema de África e do Médio Oriente | Women's Struggles in the Cinemas of Africa and the Middle East | Les luttes des femmes dans les cinémas de l’Afrique et du Moyen-Orient

AFRICANA STUDIA 26 - Lutas de Mulheres no Cinema de África e do Médio Oriente | Women's Struggles in the Cinemas of Africa and the Middle East | Les luttes des femmes dans les cinémas de l’Afrique et du Moyen-Orient

AFRICANA STUDIA 26

[Português]

Já está disponível o número 26 da revista Africana Studia - Lutas de Mulheres no Cinema de África e do Médio Oriente

Este número de Africana Studia apresenta artigos que se enquadram no Colóquio Internacional “As Lutas das Mulheres no cinema de África e Médio Oriente”, organizado pelo Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto, que decorreu entre 12 e 13 de maio de 2016 na FLUP. A publicação aborda o cinema de África e do Médio Oriente como uma área ainda pouco trilhada no campo da investigação, e reflecte dois pontos essenciais do colóquio: as histórias de colonização devastadoras cuja produção cinematográfica permanece pouco conhecida e uma presença feminina na realização ainda na retaguarda de uma arte com profundo impacto nas sociedades.

[English]

Issue No. 26 of the journal Africana Studia - Women's Struggles in the Cinemas of Africa and the Middle East is now available

This issue of Africana Studia presents articles that were part of the International Colloquium "Women’s Struggles in the Cinemas of Africa and the Middle East" organised by the Centre for African Studies of the University of Porto, which took place from 12-13 May 2016 at FLUP. The publication addresses the cinemas of Africa and the Middle East as regions still underdeveloped in the field of research, and reflects two key points of the colloquy: the effects of the destructive legacy of colonialism on film production, which is still little known, and the female presence behind an art that has a profound influence on societies.

[Français]

Le numéro 26 du journal Africana Studia - Les luttes des femmes dans le cinéma de l’Afrique et du Moyen-Orient est maintenant disponible

Ce numéro d'Africana Studia présente des articles qui font partie du Colloque international « Les luttes des femmes dans les cinémas de l’Afrique et du Moyen-Orient » organisé par le Centre d'études africaines de l'Université de Porto, qui s'est déroulé du 12 au 13 mai 2016 à FLUP . La publication s'intéresse au cinéma de l’Afrique et du Moyen-Orient en tant que régions encore peu développées dans le domaine de la recherche et reflète deux points essentiels du colloque : les effets destructeurs du colonialisme sur la production cinématographique qui reste encore peu connus, et la présence féminine derrière un art qui a une profonde influence sur les sociétés.

Africana Studia 26

Índice

· Editorial (p. 5)

Lutas de Mulheres no Cinema de África e do Médio Oriente

· Beti Ellerson - African Women of the Screen: an Agenda for Research (p. 9)

· Fernando Branco Correia - Cinema Árabe – tópicos e sugestões (p. 17)

· Mourad Aty - Either Triumph or Martyrdom: representation of women in the Algerian Revolutionary-War Movies, the case of The Battle of Algiers (p. 29)

· Paula Fernández Franco - Shashat and cinema under occupation. Palestinian women in struggle (p. 35)

· Lamia Belkaied Guiga - Selma Baccar: réalisatrice, productrice et femme politique. L’engagement permanent pour les libertés (p. 45)

· Alina Freitas Praxedes Representações de gênero e raça no âmbito doméstico: uma análise crítica do filme La noire de… (p. 53)

Entrevista

· Alia Arasoughly – Woman to woman: cinema through Alias's eyes - Entrevista conduzida por Paula Fernández Franco (p. 65)

África em Debate – Uma herança identitária: o trabalho forçado

· Jairzinho Lopes Pereira - A Igreja e a Escravatura em Cabo Verde (séculos XVI-XVII) (p. 75)

Notas de leitura

· René Pélissier - Ces fins d’empires inoubliables (p. 95)

· Vanicléia Silva Santos e Gerhard Seibert - Documentário Fitxicêlu. Crenças, Estigma e Ostracismo, São Deus Lima & Gerson Soares (p. 113)

· Jorge Ribeiro - Arlindo Barbeitos. Angola – Portugal / Representações de si e de outrem ou o jogo equívoco das identidades (p. 117)

· Resumos (p. 119)

· Legendas das ilustrações (p. 127)

LINK: African Women in Cinema Blog

International Colloquium and Film Screenings: Women's Struggles in the Cinema of Africa and the Middle East, 12-13 May 2016, CEAUP, Porto, Portugal

African Women of the Screen: An agenda for research | Ecrans d’Afrique au féminin: un agenda pour la recherche by/par Beti Ellerson. In AFRICANA STUDIA 26 - Lutas de Mulheres no Cinema de África e do Médio Oriente

African Women of the Screen:

An agenda for research

Ecrans d’Afrique au féminin: un agenda pour la recherche

by/par Beti Ellerson

In AFRICANA STUDIA 26 - Lutas de Mulheres no Cinema de África e do Médio Oriente

Abstract [Article in Africana Studia 26 is in English]

Drawing from my on-going work in which theories and ideas have been introduced, discussed and presented in varying versions and stages of analysis, this article gives an overview of selected topics and issues that have and continue to be of relevance to African women in cinema studies.

- The role of the filmmaker in knowledge production

- African women’s cinematic gaze as alternative discourse: a theory-practice-activist approach

- Identity, positionality and screen practices

- Training, formation and cinematic identity

Français

Abstrait [L’article dans l’Africana Studia 26 est en anglais]

Puisant de mes travaux en cours, dans lesquels sont avancées, discutées et présentées des théories et des idées dans différentes versions et étapes d'analyse, cet article donne un aperçu des sujets et des questions qui ont été et qui continuent d'être pertinents pour les études sur les femmes africaines dans le cinéma.

- Le rôle de la cinéaste dans la production de connaissances

- Le regard cinématographique des femmes africaines comme discours alternatif: une approche théorie-pratique-activiste

- Identité, positionnalité et pratiques d'écran

- L’entrainement, formation et identité cinématographique

12 May 2016

International Colloquium and Film Screenings: Women's Struggles in the Cinema of Africa and the Middle East, 12-13 May 2016, CEAUP, Porto, Portugal

International Colloquium and Film Screenings

Women's Struggles in the Cinema of Africa & the Middle East

12-13 May 2016

CEAUP – Porto, Portugal

PRESENTATION

Cinema exposes realities characterizing the society which produces it, but it is at the same time a form of critical narrative that has questioned, challenged and even disrupted social and cultural patterns often proposing alternatives that may transform, overthrow and supersede them. This conference thus aims at reflecting on the relations between cinema and society through a multidisciplinary debate around the representation of women and their struggles in the cinemas of Africa and the Middle East. This cinematographic production, still way too little disseminated and known in Europe, has been proposing broad and diverse readings on women's lives: readings for which female filmmakers whose approaches diverge from the hegemonic views have greatly contributed. It is this plurality of cinematographic views in the feminine and on the woman – different ways of questioning and expressing the polyphony of African and Middle Eastern worlds – that is intended to be discussed at this conference.

COLLOQUIUM - PROGRAMME

FREE ENTRY

Anfiteatro Nobre – Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto

12 May

9h00
Reception of participants and documentation distribution

9h30
Opening session
FERNANDA RIBEIRO – Director of the Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto
FÁTIMA RODRIGUES - Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto

10h00-12h30

Invited Speaker
IKE BERTELS

Panel 1 – Women in Conflicts and Social Movements
Moderators - Célia Taborda Silva and Maciel Santos

Communications
MICHELE LEFRANC - D'une resistance à l'autre: le double regard des réalisatrices maghrébines post coloniales
PAULA FRANCO - Shashat e cinema sob ocupação. Mulheres da Palestina em luta

LUNCH

14h30 – 16h30

Invited Speaker
BETI ELLERSON (Via Skype) - The evolution of African Cinema by Women in the last twenty-five years

Panel 2 – Female Directors. “She” on “She”. Gender Representations
Moderators - Ana Palma e Ali Akça

Communications
JORGE RIBEIRO - A importância dos festivais na reflexão sobre o Género
JOYCE OWUSU (Via Skype) - The contemporary, empowered Female Figure in Ghanaian Films: A case study of “Life and Living it and The Perfect Picture”
JUSCIELE OLIVEIRA - Herdeiras de Titina Silá: representações cinematográficas das mulheres nos filmes do cineasta Flora Gomes
RICARDO COSTA - As personagens femininas de ‘Sono de Inverno’: linhas de continuidade e movimentos de ruptura no cinema turco

16h30

Coffee break

16h45- 18h30

Panel 3 – Creation, Production and Film Distribution
Moderators – Ana Palma e Marco Alvarez

Communications

VANESSA FERNANDES - Escolhas, temas e linguagem cinematográfica
VANESSA RODRIGUES - Invisibilidade e visibilidade dos refugiados palestinianos no campo jordano de Jerash: o filme documental “Remember Us”
ROBIN STEEDMAN - Hustling in Nairobi: the struggles and successes of Kenya's Female Filmmakers

13 May

9h30- 10h00

Invited Speaker

FERNANDO BRANCO CORREIA 10h00- 11h00

Panel 4 – Gender Violence
Moderators – Suzan Massoumi e Maciel Santos

Communications

KAYA DAVIES HAYON - Women, Prostitution and Male Sexual Exploitation in Nabil Ayouch's “Much Loved” (2015)
PATRYCJA LITEWNICKA - Is it possible to stop the sexual harassment? A never-ending story presented by Mohammed Diab in the movie "Cairo 678”.

CHIOMA ENWEREM - Gender based violence in selected Nigerian video films

11h00 – 11h15

Coffee break

11h15- 13h00

Invited Speaker

DIANA ANDRINGA

Panel 5 – Women and war movies
Moderators – Fátima Rodrigues e Jorge Ribeiro

Communications
NADINE SIEGERT - The visuality of militant femininity in post-revolutionary cinema.
LAMIA GUIGA - Selma Baccara. Cinéaste, militante et femme politique: Combat d'hier, Combat d'aujourd'hui.
MOURAD ATY - Either Triumph or Martyrdom: Representation of Women in the Algerian Revolutionary-War Movies

FILM SCREENING PROGRAMME

FREE ENTRY

Universidade Popular do Porto

and
Gato Vadio

12 and 13 May

Thursday, 12 May

Universidade Popular do Porto

21h00
Femmes du Caire (135 min)

Film by Yousry Nasrallah (Egypt)

Friday, 13 May

Universidade Popular do Porto

16h00
Guerrilla Grannies - How To Live In This World (80 min)

Documentary by Ike Bertels (Netherlands)

18h00
Hükümet Kadın (A Alcaidessa) (130 min)

Film by Midyat Sermiyan (Turkey)

Gato Vadio

21h30
Women in Struggle (56 min)

Documentary by Buthina Canaan Khoury (Palestine)

INFORMATION

Places

Colloquium: Anfiteatro Nobre
Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto, Via Panorâmica Edgar Cardoso, s/n, 4150-564 Porto

Film screening
Universidade Popular do Porto, Rua da Boavista 736, 4050-150 Porto
Gato Vadio, Rua do Rosário 281, 4050-522 Porto

Contacts

ceaup@letras.up.pt

womenincinema@gmail.com

Supports

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto

FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

Reitoria da Universidade do Porto

Associação de Estudantes da FLUP

Universidade Popular do Porto

CIDEHUS – Centro interdisciplinar de História

e Culturas e Sociedades da Universidade de Évora

Associação Cultural e Espaço de Intervenção Social Saco de Gatos

Associação de Amizade Luso-Turca

Organizing Committee

Ali Akça

Ana Palma

Célia Taborda Silva

Fátima Rodrigues

Jorge Ribeiro

Maciel Santos

Marco Alvarez

Suzan Massoumi

*Added 18h42

19 December 2013

Research Agenda: African Women in Cinema | Faire avancer la recherche sur les femmes africaines dans le cinéma (2013)

Research Agenda: African Women in Cinema |

Faire avancer la recherche sur les femmes africaines dans le cinéma (2013)

A key goal of the African Women in Cinema Blog is to feature current research and critical discourse, through interviews, conference proceedings and analyses. Here at the end of this year is a selection of these articles published since its creation.

Le Blog sur les femmes africaines dans le cinéma a pour vocation de mettre en exergue la critique et la recherche à travers les entretiens, les comptes rendus de conférences et les analyses. En cette fin d’année, voici un recueil d’articles publiés depuis la création du Blog sur les femmes africaines dans le cinéma.

2014

31 Dec 2014

My Friend Victoria | Mon amie Victoria,by/de Jean-Paul Civeyrac, analysis/analyse by/de Olivier Barlet

18 Dec 2014

Raja Amari: "Tunisian Spring" | « Printemps Tunisien », critique: Olivier Barlet

14 Dec 2014

Lesbophobia in W. Africa: 16 women’s voices | 16 voix de femmes pour comprendre la lesbophobie en Afrique de l’Ouest

05 Dec 2014

From Kaddu Beykat to Pumzi: Commemorating World Soil Day, 5 December

03 Dec 2014

3 December, International Day of Persons with Disabilities: A tribute to Zambian filmmaker Musola Cathrine Kaseketi

02 Dec 2014 - 11 African women filmmakers call upon Abdou Diouf to give effective support to Pan-African and Francophone cinema