Since the birth of the moving picture, film has played an important role in the way people experience culture worldwide. This is apparent at the 400 film festivals which take place around the globe each year. These events give talented artists a venue to promote their work in front of a qualified, interested audience.Like any dynamic art form, film is forever changing. New digital media have placed unknown independent artists on the same … [Read more...]
Bono’s Vanity – Showcasing Africa, or Promoting its Glamorous Patrons?
In 1965, the Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene wrote and directed -- against the odds, with minimal support from his government and a few French patrons, and as a director with meager cinematic background -- the film Le noir de ... (Black Girl) about a young Senegalese immigrant domestic working for a French family in the Antibes. The film, the first feature directed by a black African, was hailed at the time by New York Times critic A.H. … [Read more...]