Africa Through Film

AAAD 202 explores African society and culture as portrayed in cinema. The course approaches film as a critical medium of studying social, cultural, and political practices, as well as a vehicle of knowledge and history in Africa. First, the course surveys how colonial cinema represented Africa and African subjects. Then, it expands on how African filmmakers tapped into indigenous traditions and media to author agentive narratives in context of postcolonialism, migration, and globalization.