{"product_id":"projections-of-dakar-bryson-enz-9780896803480","title":"Projections of Dakar: (Re)Imagining Urban Senegal Through Cinema","description":"\u003ci\u003eProjections of Dakar\u003c\/i\u003e studies the audiovisual creations and practices of twenty-first-century Senegalese filmmakers living, working, and distributing their films in urban Senegal. Although some observers have described contemporary Senegalese cinema as a dying industry, this book shows that it retains great potential. Senegalese cinematic practitioners are forging unique, dynamic responses to social challenges and producing content in innovative forms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like contemporary Senegalese cinema, African urban centers are often perceived as sites of despair and social decay. In each chapter of this book, Devin Bryson and Molly Krueger Enz focus on a particular urban issue and analyze how Senegalese filmmakers document and reimagine it from diverse perspectives and contexts. The authors draw from interviews and ethnographic observations to center filmmakers' practices and conceptualizations of contemporary cinema in Dakar. Bryson and Enz trace developments in production, distribution, viewership, and audience response since 2012 to study how these films and their production both reveal and contribute to how people live in the city, relate to one another, build their lives, advocate for change, find joy and meaning, and build community. They also document and articulate more equitable and inclusive forms of these activities. Ultimately, the book illustrates how Senegalese filmmakers reimagine Africa as a place that will lead to a better future for its inhabitants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryson Enz, Molly Krueger Enz, Devin Bryson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0896803481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780896803480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Bryson Enz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46401569816831,"sku":"9780896803480","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_78bb602f-7b30-4aa8-848c-a94c50a88608.jpg?v=1733887979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/projections-of-dakar-bryson-enz-9780896803480","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}