Film Studies Textbooks: African Cinema by Manthia Diawara Published by Indiana University Press UTHOR : Diawara, Manthia TITLE : African Cinema SUBTITLE: Politics and Culture TRANS/ED: AWARDS : DESCRIPT: "Manthia Diawara is quite simply the best critic (in any language) currently writing on African cinema." -Robert Stam "Diawara has produced a useful history, a cogent analysis, and, in his arguments on how African cinema should develop, an undoubtedly controversial book." -Studies in Popular Culture "This is a good, solid and reliable history of filmmaking on the African continent, beginning with colonial production and moving on to independent filmmaking . . . an important and welcome reference source." -Classic Images "Diawara's work is comprehensive, based on rigorous research and sound analyses . . . it aptly illustrates the intricate correlations between politics, economics and culture." -Black Film Review Drawing on political science, economics, history, and cultural studies, Diawara provides an insider's account of the development and current status of African cinema. He discusses such issues as film production and distribution, and film aesthetics from the colonial period to the present. SERIES : Blacks in the Diaspora RIGHTS : World SPECS : 208 pages, 18 b&w photos, intro., notes, bibl., index, 6 x 9 PUB-DATE: 1992 KIND 1 : cloth ISBN 1 : 0-253-31704-5 PRICE 1 : $29.95 KIND 2 : paper ISBN 2 : 0-253-20707-X PRICE 2 : $10.95

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