African Women Filmmakers
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Bodies, Gender, Family and Social Resistance

This module studies how women filmmakers represent bodies, family, domesticity, desire, queer cinema, witchcraft, accusation and the breaking of silence.

Learning goal

Analyze bodies, family, motherhood, sexuality, censorship, accusation and social resistance.

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African Women Filmmakers

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Move through each lesson as a complete chapter

Lesson 1

Family, Motherhood, Domesticity and Silences

Read family and domestic space as political and cinematic structures.

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Estimated duration

60 minutes

Learning goal

Read family and domestic space as political and cinematic structures.

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2

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Lesson 2

Desire, Sexualities, Queer Cinema and Censorship

Analyze desire, queer joy and censorship as cinematic and public questions.

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Estimated duration

60 minutes

Learning goal

Analyze desire, queer joy and censorship as cinematic and public questions.

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2

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Lesson 3

Accusation, Witchcraft, Social Norms and Breaking Silence

Study accusation, witchcraft and family secrecy as social structures.

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Estimated duration

60 minutes

Learning goal

Study accusation, witchcraft and family secrecy as social structures.

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2

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Practice checkpoints

Open only when you are ready to apply this module. The complete prompts are preserved here.

Bodies, Gender, Family and Social Resistance Applied Brief

Prepare a sourced brief connecting at least one filmmaker, one film, one formal choice, one access issue and one circulation or archive question.

Expected output

A professional brief that can support Unga Learn, Profiles, CineMap, Shot Atlas, CineUbuntu or festival programming.

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Quiz structure

1 question are prepared to validate the core concepts of this module.

Formation 07 module pack — Bodies, Gender, Family and Social Resistance

Instructor-provided Formation 07 source material adapted into Unga Learn.