Transmission as Practice
Understanding African cinemas means learning how to transmit them: through analysis, programming, restoration, teaching, debate and creation.
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Contemporary Creation, Platforms, Diasporas and Final Project
Contemporary African cinemas are shaped by film schools, residencies, regional funds, platforms, festivals, diasporas, co-productions, collectives, television, series, smartphones, social media and new generations of viewers. These opportunities also create tensions around narratives, data, expectations and decision-making centers.
Lesson goal
Connect heritage and contemporary creation through platforms, festivals, diasporas, coproductions and final learner projects.
Module
Archives, Festivals, Restoration and Contemporary Creation
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Final project studio: six-film program, film analysis, CineMap, Shot Atlas sheet or mini-training.
0:00-0:20
Contemporary Ecosystems
Map schools, residencies, funds, platforms, festivals, diasporas, collectives, series and social media.
0:20-0:40
Opportunities and Tensions
Discuss how coproductions, platforms, festivals and diasporas can shape narratives, data and decision centers.
0:40-1:00
Final Project
Choose one option: six-film program, 1,000-word analysis, CineMap, Shot Atlas sheet or two-hour mini-training.
Lesson reading
Key concepts and examples
Contemporary creationPlatformsDiasporaCoproductionFinal project
Turn one lesson into a public discussion prompt on CineUbuntu.
Turn one module into a guild training checklist for a festival team.
Case study and prompts
Case study: choose which Unga surface best extends your learning goal and justify the pathway.
Discussion prompt
After this course, should your next step be more analysis, more collaboration or more production planning?
Exercise prompt
Choose one final project: a six-film program, a 1,000-word film analysis, a CineMap, a Shot Atlas sheet or a two-hour mini-training.
Practice
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Work through the exercises and complementary resources after reading the lesson.
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Answer 1 questions, review explanations and continue when ready.
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