This module expands African cinema history beyond auteur cinema, international festivals and restored films. It studies African popular industries: video films, direct-to-video circulation, VHS, VCD, DVD, television, YouTube, local and international platforms, informal markets and community circuits.
Learning goal
Understand African popular industries through video film, fast production, informal circuits, stars, genres, television, YouTube, streaming platforms and local audiences.
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Course
Introduction to African Cinema
Lesson list
Lesson 1
Understand how video reduced production and distribution barriers and created direct access to African audiences.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Understand how video reduced production and distribution barriers and created direct access to African audiences.
Reading sections
1
Resources
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Lesson 2
Analyze Nollywood as a full system of production, distribution, genres, stars, audiences, markets and platforms.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Analyze Nollywood as a full system of production, distribution, genres, stars, audiences, markets and platforms.
Reading sections
1
Resources
1
Lesson 3
Understand how streaming changes visibility, rights, remuneration, audience data and power relations.
Estimated duration
60 minutes
Learning goal
Understand how streaming changes visibility, rights, remuneration, audience data and power relations.
Reading sections
1
Resources
1
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Map the journey of a popular film from shooting to duplication, market, shop, home viewing, diaspora and digital platform.
Expected output
A distribution map showing how a popular African film reaches its audience outside classical theatrical release.
Analyze a Nollywood poster or trailer through title, stars, colors, genre promise, conflict, target audience and distribution platform.
Expected output
A one-page audience and genre analysis based on visual and promotional evidence.
Quiz structure
4 questions are prepared to validate the core concepts of this module.
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