Week 5 - September 17Movie: Black Girl (Ousmane Sembene, 1966)
- Read an essay on Black Girl by Rahul Hamid
- Read: "Ousmane Sembene: The Life of a Revolutionary Artist" by Samba Gadjigo
Watch this brief fragment of an interview with Sembene in 1993
Week 6 - September 24
Movie: Faat Kine (Ousmane Sembene, 2000)
- Read the notes on Faat Kine from California Newsreel
- Read a review by Samba Gadjigo
Watch a video by Ndeye Marie Ndiaye Gawlo
Week 7 - October 1Movie: Madame Brouette (Moussa Sene Absa, 2002)
- Read a brief blurb on Madame Brouette
- Read reflections on Madame Brouette by Francoise Bouffault
Watch the trailer for Madame Brouette
Watch Jammu Africa, Ishmael Lo's beautiful musical prayer for peace in Africa
Week 8 - October 8Movie: Karmen Gei (Joseph Gai Ramaka, 2001)
- Read the notes on Karmen Gei from California Newsreel
- Read a review from African Arts by Joanna Grabski
Check out Mission of Music by Senegalese hip-hop artists Gohk-bi.
ANTH 271 - African in African Cinema
A course by John C. McCall
SIUC Department of Anthropology
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