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African Film

New Forms of Aesthetics and Politics

Contemporary African filmmaking is the subject of this insightful and exciting look at every aspect of the art form on the African continent. Focusing on new trends in African cinema from the 1990s to today, this book explores new cinematic languages and modes of production, films departure from nationalism and social realism, and the Nollywood film industry, among other topics. In this book Manthia Diawara, a renowned scholar on Black cinema, literature, and art brings readers up to date on the exciting changes taking place behind and in front of African cameras. Contributions by filmmakers, scholars, and producers as well as profiles of thirty important African directors and their films, provide valuable insight into recent developments. The volume comes with a DVD containing several interviews with filmmakers conducted by the author. Scholars, students, and anyone interested in cinematic and African cultural studies will find much to discover and celebrate in this authoritative, fascinating look at new trends in African filmmaking.

Algiers PANAF: 1969 – 2009

Photo and video exhibition on the 2nd PANAF

(Pan-African Cultural Festival of Algiers) (Algeria)

The Institute of African American Affairs at New York University invites you to a photo and video exhibition on the 2nd PANAF (Pan-African Cultural Festival of Algiers) in Algeria. The exhibit includes art and documentary photographs of festive scenes of Algiers during a month long festival celebrating African and African Diaspora arts: visual arts, films, dance, music, literature, and theater. The show also features a video documentary with Kathleen Cleaver participating in the 2009 festival and remembering the Black Panthers years in Algiers in 1969.
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Edouard Glissant:

One World in Relation

In 2009, Manthia Diawara, with his camera, followed Edouard Glissant, on the Queen Mary II, in a cross Atlantic journey from South Hampton (UK) to Brooklyn (New York). This extra-ordinary voyage resulted in the production of fifty short clips (2 to 5mn, each), in which Glissant elaborates on his theory of Relation. Diawara divided the breathtaking video clips into four general applications of the theory of Relation that shed new lights on Gltssant’s work.
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