Thursday, 31 December 2009

The First Year: Blogging African Women in Cinema

The African Women in Cinema Blog is celebrating its first year a bit early, as it was created in March 2009 to commemorate International Women’s Day.


The purpose for launching the African Women in Cinema Blog was to provide a space for a discussion of diverse topics relating to African women in cinema, serving as well as a public forum of the Center for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema. The intention is to continue this structure as well as feature individual women thus focusing on their experiences and work. In addition, in order for readers to become familiar with film classics and important films by and about African women, there will be a spotlight on the analysis of select films.


Following are the titles and direct links of the Posts of 2009:

09 March Blogging African Women in Cinema

13 March Commemorating Women’s History Month

19 March African Women at Film Festivals

26 March African Women in Professional Film Organizations: FEPACI

01 April In Front of the Camera: The Role of African Women Actors

10 April African Women on the US Film Festival Circuit

13 April Fêting Easter Monday

16 April Negotiating Racialized Identities in African Women’s Films

23 April Gendered Sensibilities and Female Representation in African Cinema

01 May African Women in Cinema on the Internet

08 May Research Sources on African Women in Cinema

15 May African Women in Cinema Take the Torch

22 May African Women at the Cannes Film Festival

29 May African Women and Film Spectatorship: An Early History

05 June A Focus on Burkinabé Women in Cinema

14 June African Women Leading the Way in Cinema: Sharing, Mentoring, Role-Modeling & Working Together

21 June The Evolution of Senegalese Women in Cinema

10 July Center for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema

30 August A Glance at Kenyan Women in Cinema

26 September African Women, Education and Cinema

05 October Evolving Identities of African Women in Cinema

13 October In Memory of Chantal Bagilishya

05 November African Women “Courage Award” Laureates

30 November A Call to Action: UN Themes and African Women in Cinema

13 December A Conversation with Monique Mbeka Phoba - en français



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