Curating Africa in the Age of Film Festivals
Lindiwe Dovey
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Description for Curating Africa in the Age of Film Festivals
Paperback. Tracing the history of Africa's relationship to film festivals and exploring the festivals' impact on the various types of people who attend festivals (the festival experts, the ordinary festival audiences, and the filmmakers), Dovey reveals what turns something called a "festival" into a "festival experience" for these groups. Series: Framing Film Festivals. Num Pages: 270 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFC; JFD; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 448.
Tracing the history of Africa's relationship to film festivals and exploring the festivals' impact on the various types of people who attend festivals (the festival experts, the ordinary festival audiences, and the filmmakers), Dovey reveals what turns something called a "festival" into a "festival experience" for these groups.
Tracing the history of Africa's relationship to film festivals and exploring the festivals' impact on the various types of people who attend festivals (the festival experts, the ordinary festival audiences, and the filmmakers), Dovey reveals what turns something called a "festival" into a "festival experience" for these groups.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Framing Film Festivals
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349487226
SKU
V9781349487226
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Ref
99-15
About Lindiwe Dovey
Lindiwe Dovey is Senior Lecturer in African Film and Performance Arts at the University of London, UK.
Reviews for Curating Africa in the Age of Film Festivals
“Dovey’s book provides a crucial intervention by incorporating the responses of actual audiences, instead of the audiences constructed by film texts or assumed by scholars. … Essential reading for all film scholars, Curating Africa in the Age of Film Festivals enriches our understanding of African cinema and the event of the film festival and opens up exciting areas for future ... Read more