The opening module explains why African women filmmakers must be studied as a central field of African cinema, not as an appendix. It builds tools for definition, archive work and critical analysis.
Learning goal
Define the field without essentializing, and understand invisibility, access, archives, recognition and method.
Completed lessons
0/3
Course
African Women Filmmakers
Lesson list
Lesson 1
Define the field through history, work, access and circulation rather than a single identity category.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Define the field through history, work, access and circulation rather than a single identity category.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 2
Understand how archive gaps, distribution, criticism and institutions shape visibility.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Understand how archive gaps, distribution, criticism and institutions shape visibility.
Reading sections
2
Resources
1
Lesson 3
Build a method that combines film form, gender, production context and circulation.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Build a method that combines film form, gender, production context and circulation.
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.