African Women Filmmakers
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Documentary, Memory, Land, Labor and Archives

This module studies documentary work by women through material conditions, land, water, labor, migration, stigmatized bodies, archives and restitution.

Learning goal

Analyze documentary, land, labor, migration, archives, restitution, montage and programming.

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African Women Filmmakers

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Lesson 1

Land, Water, Rurality and Labor: Filming Material Conditions

Study how documentary and fiction can reveal material conditions through land, water and labor.

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60 minutes

Learning goal

Study how documentary and fiction can reveal material conditions through land, water and labor.

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Lesson 2

Invisible Labor, Migration, Stigmatized Bodies and Spaces of Speech

Analyze how films create spaces of speech around work, migration and stigma.

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60 minutes

Learning goal

Analyze how films create spaces of speech around work, migration and stigma.

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Lesson 3

Political Archives, Restitution, Montage and Programming

Understand archives and restitution as political, formal and curatorial practices.

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60 minutes

Learning goal

Understand archives and restitution as political, formal and curatorial practices.

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Documentary, Memory, Land, Labor and Archives 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 — Documentary, Memory, Land, Labor and Archives

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