TY - BOOK AU - Thackway,Melissa TI - Africa shoots back: alternative perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African film SN - 0253216427 PY - 2003/// CY - Bloomington, PB - Indiana University Press KW - Motion pictures KW - Africa, French-speaking N1 - Development & evolutions-Critical paradigms-The problematic legacy of eurocentrism-Postmodernism or postcoloniality?-Towards new paradigms-Cultural identity, representation & voice-Representing Africa-Alternative perspectives, or reassessing identity through film-Screen griots: orature & film-Living traditions--The stylistic & structural influences of orature on film--Memory, history and other stores--The colonial confrontation"genre-Memory-history films:Afrique je te plumerai;Asientos;Allah Tantou;Fadjal-Filming the immigrant experience:Francophone African cinema in Europe-Setting a precedent: Afrique sur seine-The myth of Europe-Interracial relationships& immigrant communities-African women & film: on screen and behind camera-Directing the female gaze: Safi Faya';Laure Folly: Fanta R. Nacro-Womanist'Films; Includes bibliographical references (p.210-217) and index; Main stack ER -