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Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema

Framing Africa: Portrayals of a Continent in Contemporary Mainstream Cinema

Eltringham, Nigel

Hardcover

African HistoryAnthropologyFilm Studies

ISBN10: 1782380736
ISBN13: 9781782380733
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: Jun 1 2013
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.82
Height: 0.50 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

The first decade of the 21st century has seen a proliferation of North American and European films that focus on African politics and society. While once the continent was the setting for narratives of heroic ascendancy over self (The African Queen, 1951; The Snows of Kilimanjaro, 1952), military odds (Zulu, 1964; Khartoum, 1966) and nature (Mogambo, 1953; Hatari!, 1962; Born Free, 1966; The Last Safari, 1967), this new wave of films portrays a continent blighted by transnational corruption (The Constant Gardener, 2005), genocide (Hotel Rwanda, 2004; Shooting Dogs, 2006), 'failed states' (Black Hawk Down, 2001), illicit transnational commerce (Blood Diamond, 2006) and the unfulfilled promises of decolonization (The Last King of Scotland, 2006). Conversely, where once Apartheid South Africa was a brutal foil for the romance of East Africa (Cry Freedom, 1987; A Dry White Season, 1989), South Africa now serves as a redeemed contrast to the rest of the continent (Red Dust, 2004; Invictus, 2009). Writing from the perspective of long-term engagement with the contexts in which the films are set, anthropologists and historians reflect on these films and assess the contemporary place Africa holds in the North American and European cinematic imagination.

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