{"product_id":"viewing-african-cinema-in-the-mahir-saul-9780821419304","title":"Viewing African Cinema in the Twenty-First Century: Art Films and the Nollywood Video Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfrican cinema in the 1960s originated mainly from Francophone countries. It resembled the art cinema of contemporary Europe and relied on support from the French film industry and the French state. Beginning in 1969 the biennial Festival panafricain du cinéma et de la télévision de Ouagadougou (FESPACO), held in Burkina Faso, became the major showcase for these films. But since the early 1990s, a new phenomenon has come to dominate the African cinema world: mass-marketed films shot on less expensive video cameras. These \"Nollywood\" films, so named because many originate in southern Nigeria, are a thriving industry dominating the world of African cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eViewing African Cinema in the Twenty-first Century\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to bring together a set of essays offering a comparison of these two main African cinema modes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Ralph A. Austen and Mahir Şaul, Jonathan Haynes, Onookome Okome, Birgit Meyer, Abdalla Uba Adamu, Matthias Krings, Vincent Bouchard, Laura Fair, Jane Bryce, Peter Rist, Stefan Sereda, Lindsey Green-Simms, and Cornelius Moore\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mahir Saul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0821419307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780821419304\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 11\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Mahir Saul","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086965485823,"sku":"9780821419304","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_983f657b-2c09-4e54-aab1-9011450cce8e.jpg?v=1769097523","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/viewing-african-cinema-in-the-mahir-saul-9780821419304","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}