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- The Poesis of Mimesis in Les Maîtres Fous: Looking Back at the Conspiratorial Ethnography of Jean Rouch
- By Prerana Reddy
Notes for the Cultural Historian of Film An act of social historiography which addresses cinema aims to calculate the importance of films within a world larger than film. Since the 1980′s film historians’ confidence in a unified (and teleological) story …
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- Diaries from an African Film Addict
- By Rumbidzai Bwerinofa
Hi, my name is Rumbidzai Bwerinofa, and I am an African Film addict. How big an addict? Well, I live in Brooklyn, I am one of the laziest folk you will ever meet, and I still went up to Harlem …
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- Women and Cinema at ZIFF
- By Kimani Wa Wanjiru
Close Up On Bintou by Burkinabe director, Fanta Regina Nacro, has an immense power to keep you glued to the screen. Its well-crafted story is not only entertaining but informative as well. The film portrays the self-elevation, against all odds, …
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- The Emergence of Ethnographic Film Practice: Past Travels and Future Itineraries
- By Prerana Reddy
The history of discourse on ethnographic film has been rife with contentions and opposing viewpoints. There have been contestations over its very definition to the issue of its proper role within the discipline of anthropology. There is not even a …
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