This module studies how African films make bodies, gender, sexuality, maternity, domestic space, secrets and social norms into political questions.
Learning goal
Analyze gender, bodies, sexuality, family law, censorship and social resistance as political cinema.
Completed lessons
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Course
African Cinema and Politics
Lesson list
Lesson 1
Analyze women’s bodies, protection and community as political questions.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Analyze women’s bodies, protection and community as political questions.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 2
Read motherhood, domestic space and solidarity as political structures.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Read motherhood, domestic space and solidarity as political structures.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 3
Analyze sexuality, taboo, witchcraft, family secrecy and censorship as public political issues.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Analyze sexuality, taboo, witchcraft, family secrecy and censorship as public political issues.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Open only when you are ready to apply this module. The complete prompts are preserved here.
Prepare a political analysis brief connecting at least one film, one formal choice, one historical context and one public circulation issue.
Expected output
A sourced political cinema brief that can support Unga Learn, CineMap, Shot Atlas or CineUbuntu.
Quiz structure
1 question are prepared to validate the core concepts of this module.
Instructor-provided Formation 05 source material adapted into Unga Learn.