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Viewing African cinema in the twenty-first century : art films and the Nollywood video revolution /

African cinema in the 1960s originated mainly from Francophone countries. It resembled the art cinema of contemporary Europe and relied on support from the French film industry and the French state. Beginning in1969 the biennial Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou (F...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Austen, Ralph A., Saul, Mahir, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2010.
©2010
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:African cinema in the 1960s originated mainly from Francophone countries. It resembled the art cinema of contemporary Europe and relied on support from the French film industry and the French state. Beginning in1969 the biennial Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), held in Burkina Faso, became the major showcase for these films. But since the early 1990s, a new phenomenon has come to dominate the African cinema world: mass-marketed films shot on less expensive video cameras. These "Nollywood" films, so named because many originate in southern Nigeria, a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (vii, 248 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780821443507
082144350X
0821419315
9780821419311