Contemporary Cinema of Africa and the Diaspora

<p>Analyzing art house films from the African continent and the African diaspora, this book showcases a new generation of auteurs with African origins from political, aesthetic, and spectatorship perspectives.</p> <ul> <li>Focuses on art house cinema and discusses commercial African cinema</li> <li>Enlarges our understanding of African film to include thematic and aesthetic influence</li> <li>Highlights aesthetic and political aspects including racial identity, women’s issues, and diaspora</li> <li>Heavily illustrated with over 90 film stills</li> <li>Features selected stills integral to the filmic analysis in full color</li> <li>Moves beyond Western-oriented analytical paradigms</li> </ul>