Black (Post-)Cinemas - Genealogies, Practices, Aesthetics

Contemporary Afro-diasporic post-cinematic practices should be considered to be genealogically linked with those established in militant African cinemas, but also with their quest of decolonizing (not only) the screen. In this collection of essays, Maja Figge traces the transtemporal bonds between militant African film and Afro-diasporic post-cinema. She connects the recent proliferation of artistic and scholarly works on and with the archives of militant cinemas of the 1960s and 1970s, motivated by present political urgencies, to the discourse on post-cinema to explore the technological, aesthetic and political potential of Black film.

About the author

Maja Figge, Dr., ist Kultur- und Medienwissenschaftlerin und lebt in Berlin.

Summary

Contemporary Afro-diasporic post-cinematic practices should be considered to be genealogically linked with those established in militant African cinemas, but also with their quest of decolonizing (not only) the screen. In this collection of essays, Maja Figge traces the transtemporal bonds between militant African film and Afro-diasporic post-cinema. She connects the recent proliferation of artistic and scholarly works on and with the archives of militant cinemas of the 1960s and 1970s, motivated by present political urgencies, to the discourse on post-cinema to explore the technological, aesthetic and political potential of Black film.

Product details

• Authors: Maja Figge
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.01.2026
• EAN: 9783837666274
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-6627-4
• No. of pages: 190
• Weight: 303 g
• Illustrations: 30 Farbabb.
• Series: Post_koloniale Medienwissenschaft; Post_koloniale Medienwissenschaft 10
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Film, Europäische Geschichte, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Film, Kino, Medienwissenschaften, Media Studies, Media Aesthetics, European History, Postcolonialism, Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus, Africa, Social interaction, Social Sciences, Decolonization, Gender studies, gender groups, Gay & Lesbian studies, African History, History of the Americas, African Diaspora, Culture and institutions, International migration and colonization, Groups of people, Political science (Politics and government), Public performances, History of North America, Computer art (Digital art), History of Europe, Post-Cinema, Militant Cinemas, Black Cinemas