Directory of African Film-Makers and Films

The richness and color of African cinema have been neglected for too long and its many talented film-makers deserve full recognition. This new and unique book gives detailed information on over 300 major African and Arab film-makers from the main film-producing countries: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Somalia, Tanzania, Tunisia, and Zaire. It also includes important film directors from Southern African states--Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and others--as well as from other African republics.

Each entry gives details of the film-maker's career and a complete list of films made. Two extensive indexes arrange film-makers by country and list some 5,000 film titles, in both the original language and English. An important addition is the chronology of African cinema, giving a bold summary of its growth over the last thirty years.

Product details

• Assisted by: Keith Shiri (Editor), Shiri Keith (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.1992
• EAN: 9780313287565
• ISBN: 978-0-313-28756-5
• No. of pages: 1
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; REFERENCE / Bibliographies & Indexes, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, Bibliographies, catalogues, Popular Culture: Film