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  2. Women in African cinema - Wikipedia

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    Themes are a common element in cinema and the cinema of Africa often covers colonialism and its aftermath, among other topics and events that have impacted life in Africa. [20] Films that feature or are directed by African women may contain themes such as eroticism, African feminism, objectification, or arranged marriage and polygamy.

  3. Cinema of Africa - Wikipedia

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    Cinema of Africa covers both the history and present of the making or screening of films on the African continent, and also refers to the persons involved in this form of audiovisual culture. It dates back to the early 20th century, when film reels were the primary cinematic technology in use.

  4. Beti Ellerson - Wikipedia

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    She wrote many articles for the African Women in Cinema Dossier of the Black Camera International Film Journal. In 2008, Ellerson created the online Centre for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema. [7] In 2012, she was the keynote speaker at the 2012 colloquy on Francophone African Women Filmmakers held in Paris. [4]

  5. Black women in the silent film era - Wikipedia

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    African American cinema evolved at just about the same pace as white cinema, and although the role of Black women in early silent film has only recently begun to receive popular and academic attention, Black women were involved in Black cinema from the very start of U.S. film history. [1]

  6. Portal:African cinema - Wikipedia

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    In the late 2010s, she gained wider acclaim with Moi Zaphira (2013) and Frontières (2018), which follows four women from different regions who develop friendships during a bus journey across West Africa, The film was awarded two prizes at 2017 Fespaco, Africa’s largest film festival.

  7. Women's cinema - Wikipedia

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    Other African women filmmakers include Anne Mungai, Fanta Régina Nacro (The Night of Truth, 2004), Tsitsi Dangarembga (Mother's Day, 2004) and Marguerite Abouet, an Ivorian graphic novel writer who co-directed an animated film based on her graphic novel: Aya de Yopougon (2012).

  8. List of African films - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of African films. It is arranged alphabetically by country of origin. ... Women in Lesotho 1991; Libya. Year ... Cinema of Africa; Lists of ...

  9. African American cinema - Wikipedia

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    African-American women and African-American gay and lesbian women have also made advances directing films, in Radha Blank's comic The 40-Year-Old Version (2020), Ava DuVernay's fanciful rendition of the children's classic A Wrinkle in Time [1] [58] or Angela Robinson's short film D.E.B.S. (2003) turned feature-length adaptation in 2004.