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Passion of the Reel

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Highlighting the challenges faced by a nascent national cinema with limited resources, Passion of the Reel provides an in-depth analysis of the output of the Cameroonian film industry. Jean-Olivier...
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Highlighting the challenges faced by a nascent national cinema with limited resources, Passion of the Reel provides an in-depth analysis of the output of the Cameroonian film industry. Jean-Olivier Tchouaffe shows that, far from an empty receptacle for colonial legacies, Cameroon – and Africa – must move beyond their colonial legacies to focus on indigenous productions of meaning informed by traditional wisdom and ordinary Cameroonian life experience. Tchouaffe’s analysis sets the stage for a film-driven exploration of postcolonialism, social construction and modernization.
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Price: £76.95
Pages: 216
Publisher: Intellect Books
Imprint: Intellect Books
Publication Date: 01 July 2014
Trim Size: 9.00 X 7.00 in
ISBN: 9781841505640
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:

ART / General, The arts: general topics, ART / Film & Video, Digital, video and new media arts
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Acknowledgements

Part I: Native Context: The Battle for the Nation’s most Sacred Resources; the Palaver Tree, Mevungu and Colonial Cadavers

Chapter 1: Cinema and the Quest for the Right Transcript, Images and Sound

Chapter 2: Setting the Stage: On the Tenacity of the African Colonial Archives

Chapter 3: L’Etat C’est Moi! Desire, Power and Consumption in Cameroon

Part II: Notes on Major Cameroonian Film-makers

Chapter 4: Cameroonian Cinematic Pioneers

Chapter 5: Second Generation

Chapter 6: Cameroon Women in Film: Therese Sita-Bella, Florence Ayisi, Osvalde Lewat and Josephine N’Dagnou

Conclusion: Cameroonian Cinema and the Dance of the Ghosts

Bibliography