African Cinema and Human Rights

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Film, History & Criticism, Performing Arts, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
Cover of the book African Cinema and Human Rights by , Indiana University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780253039446
Publisher: Indiana University Press Publication: March 1, 2019
Imprint: Indiana University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780253039446
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication: March 1, 2019
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Language: English

Bringing theory and practice together, African Cinema and Human Rights argues that moving images have a significant role to play in advancing the causes of justice and fairness. The contributors to this volume identify three key ways in which film can achieve these goals: documenting human rights abuses and thereby supporting the claims of victims and goals of truth and reconciliation within larger communities; legitimating, and consequently solidifying, an expanded scope for human rights; and promoting the realization of social and economic rights. Including the voices of African scholars, scholar-filmmakers, African directors Jean-Marie Teno and Gaston Kaboré, and researchers whose work focuses on transnational cinema, this volume explores overall perspectives, and differences of perspective, pertaining to Africa, human rights, and human rights filmmaking alongside specific case studies of individual films and areas of human rights violations. With its interdisciplinary scope, attention to practitioners' self-understandings, broad perspectives, and particular case studies, African Cinema and Human Rights is a foundational text that offers questions, reflections, and evidence that help us to consider film's ideal role within the context of our ever-continuing struggle towards a more just global society.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Bringing theory and practice together, African Cinema and Human Rights argues that moving images have a significant role to play in advancing the causes of justice and fairness. The contributors to this volume identify three key ways in which film can achieve these goals: documenting human rights abuses and thereby supporting the claims of victims and goals of truth and reconciliation within larger communities; legitimating, and consequently solidifying, an expanded scope for human rights; and promoting the realization of social and economic rights. Including the voices of African scholars, scholar-filmmakers, African directors Jean-Marie Teno and Gaston Kaboré, and researchers whose work focuses on transnational cinema, this volume explores overall perspectives, and differences of perspective, pertaining to Africa, human rights, and human rights filmmaking alongside specific case studies of individual films and areas of human rights violations. With its interdisciplinary scope, attention to practitioners' self-understandings, broad perspectives, and particular case studies, African Cinema and Human Rights is a foundational text that offers questions, reflections, and evidence that help us to consider film's ideal role within the context of our ever-continuing struggle towards a more just global society.

More books from Indiana University Press

Cover of the book Resurgent Antisemitism by
Cover of the book Contributions to Philosophy by
Cover of the book Staging Ghana by
Cover of the book Tyrannosaurid Paleobiology by
Cover of the book McClellan's War by
Cover of the book Congress, Presidents, and American Politics by
Cover of the book Sexual Behavior in the Human Female by
Cover of the book The Imjin and Kapyong Battles, Korea, 1951 by
Cover of the book Orthodox Christianity in Imperial Russia by
Cover of the book Bodies, Politics, and African Healing by
Cover of the book Ethics and the Problem of Evil by
Cover of the book Searching for Hope by
Cover of the book Undeniably Indiana by
Cover of the book Last Press Bus Out of Middletown by
Cover of the book Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy