This module studies pioneers and foundational figures whose work reshaped African and diasporic cinema through political commitment, documentary form, memory, place and genre experimentation.
Learning goal
Study foundational women filmmakers through anticolonial cinema, land, memory, voice, diaspora and genre.
Completed lessons
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Course
African Women Filmmakers
Lesson list
Lesson 1
Analyze Sarah Maldoror as a central figure in anticolonial and feminist film history.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Analyze Sarah Maldoror as a central figure in anticolonial and feminist film history.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 2
Compare foundational approaches to documentary, memory, rural life, voice and domestic space.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Compare foundational approaches to documentary, memory, rural life, voice and domestic space.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 3
Study how shorts, genre, diaspora and new production spaces expanded the field.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Study how shorts, genre, diaspora and new production spaces expanded the field.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Open only when you are ready to apply this module. The complete prompts are preserved here.
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.
Quiz structure
1 question are prepared to validate the core concepts of this module.
Instructor-provided Formation 07 source material adapted into Unga Learn.