Should i decide to focus on one of the films that were screened at the Nov/Dec 08 London African Film Festival , then i have been offered the chance to meet with and get in contact with some of the directors from the films. This would add a lot to my study, and primary research.
I think the film Jereuselama would be useful in this sense, and from the synopsis seems to deal with the issues i would like to focus my study on.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Academics on African Cinema
Received a reply from Royal Africa Society.
I have been put in touch with Lindiwe Dovey, who teaches film at SOAS.
As well as Suzy Gillett at the London Film School, another expert on African film.
There is also a possibilty for interviews with them.
I have been put in touch with Lindiwe Dovey, who teaches film at SOAS.
As well as Suzy Gillett at the London Film School, another expert on African film.
There is also a possibilty for interviews with them.
Experts on African Cinema
To make sure i chose the most appropriate texts for my research , i have emailed the New York African Film Festival for advise - http://www.africanfilmny.org/ .
I have also contacted the Royal Africa Society, asking for the same advice - http://www.royalafricansociety.org/
Also emailed the Nineteenth Annual Cascade Festival of African Films - http://www.africanfilmfestival.org
I have also contacted the Royal Africa Society, asking for the same advice - http://www.royalafricansociety.org/
Also emailed the Nineteenth Annual Cascade Festival of African Films - http://www.africanfilmfestival.org
African Urban Cinema - Films to study
I would like to focus my study on the way that cities/urban life is represented in African film, with a the view to how western audiences respond to seeing a more urban Africa.
Films to study :
1.Tsotsi (SA)
2.Catch a Fire (SA)
3. Jereuselama (SA) Recommended by RAS
4. Divizionz (Ugandan) Recommended by RAS
Films to study :
1.Tsotsi (SA)
2.Catch a Fire (SA)
3. Jereuselama (SA) Recommended by RAS
4. Divizionz (Ugandan) Recommended by RAS
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Texts for Study - South African Cinema
Possible Texts for study
Promised Land (2002)
Promised Land is a 2002 film based on the 1978 English translation of the award-winning Afrikaans novel, Na die Geliefde Land (1972) by the South African author, Karel Schoeman.
The film was directed by Jason Xenopoulos and starred Nick Boraine, Lida Botha, Wilma Stõckenstrom, Louis van Niekerk, Tobie Cronje, Grant Swanby, Daniel Browde, Ian Roberts, Dan Robbertse and Yvonne van den Bergh.
It won the Best Screenplay Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2002.
Tsotsi 2005
In Johannesburg, the small time criminal Tsotsi is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After killing a man with his gang in a robbery; hitting the gangster Boston of his gang; humiliating a crippled beggar along one night, Tsotsi hijacks a car and under the despair of a woman, he shoots her in the stomach. While driving the car, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat and the woman was a desperate mother. He brings the baby to his house in the slum and becomes attached to him. For six days, the baby changes his behavior, arousing and developing the sense of empathy and humanity in the cold blood killer. 2004
Forgiveness 2004
Tertius Coetzee was a police officer during the Apartheid era, and was responsible for the torture and death of Daniel Grootboom, a young freedom fighter. After being granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he travels to the West Coast fishing village of Paternoster to visit Daniel's family and ask for their forgiveness.
Son of Man 2005
Promised Land (2002)
Promised Land is a 2002 film based on the 1978 English translation of the award-winning Afrikaans novel, Na die Geliefde Land (1972) by the South African author, Karel Schoeman.
The film was directed by Jason Xenopoulos and starred Nick Boraine, Lida Botha, Wilma Stõckenstrom, Louis van Niekerk, Tobie Cronje, Grant Swanby, Daniel Browde, Ian Roberts, Dan Robbertse and Yvonne van den Bergh.
It won the Best Screenplay Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2002.
Cape of Good Hope 2004
Ensemble look at people in the orbit of an animal shelter in Cape Town. Kate, the shelter manager, is having an affair with a married man, is estranged from her father, and has caught the eye of a widowed veterinarian. Lindiwe, a single mom, is a domestic for an Afrikaner household and studies at night. Her son becomes the acolyte of Jean Claude, a refugee from Congo with a Ph.D. in astronomy; he's the shelter's handyman, good with people and dogs, hoping to immigrate to Canada. Shairfa, who also works at the shelter, and her husband Habib are trying without success to get pregnant. What is it that holds the matter of the universe together?
Big Fellas 2007
Two young white wannabees, JAKE and ZED, set out on a road trip from Cape Town to Johannesburg to close a deal to sell their film. One problem - they need a BEE partner, and they need one fast. On the trip the boys are stalked by their nemesis RAY WHITEHEAD, his femme fatale girlfriend LOLA, a Karoo serial killer, supermodels, shop window mannequins, and a psychotic Gatberg darts champion.Tsotsi 2005
In Johannesburg, the small time criminal Tsotsi is a teenager without feelings, hardened by his tough life. After killing a man with his gang in a robbery; hitting the gangster Boston of his gang; humiliating a crippled beggar along one night, Tsotsi hijacks a car and under the despair of a woman, he shoots her in the stomach. While driving the car, Tsotsi finds that there is a baby on the back seat and the woman was a desperate mother. He brings the baby to his house in the slum and becomes attached to him. For six days, the baby changes his behavior, arousing and developing the sense of empathy and humanity in the cold blood killer. 2004
Forgiveness 2004
Tertius Coetzee was a police officer during the Apartheid era, and was responsible for the torture and death of Daniel Grootboom, a young freedom fighter. After being granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he travels to the West Coast fishing village of Paternoster to visit Daniel's family and ask for their forgiveness.
Son of Man 2005
The theme is "the story of Jesus reclaimed as an African fable: a simple concept becomes a remarkable cinematic experience in Son of Man." The director dramatised the story of the life of Jesus in the situation of contemporary Africa and asks what would be happen today, if someone in Africa came forward with the same message as Jesus:
Initial Ideas
Women in Film
1. Tarantino and the sexualisation of women
2. Why is male nudity seem as negative in film , where as female nudity an aesthetucally pleasing art form.
World Cinema
1. How are nationalites portrayed in African cinema
2. How are women portrayed in South African cinema , and how has there influence developed over time.
3. How is South African culture explored / portrayed in native cinema, in comparison to Western Hollywood dramatisations.
Television Drama
1 .How are special effects used in modern television dramas ?
1. Tarantino and the sexualisation of women
2. Why is male nudity seem as negative in film , where as female nudity an aesthetucally pleasing art form.
World Cinema
1. How are nationalites portrayed in African cinema
2. How are women portrayed in South African cinema , and how has there influence developed over time.
3. How is South African culture explored / portrayed in native cinema, in comparison to Western Hollywood dramatisations.
Television Drama
1 .How are special effects used in modern television dramas ?
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