The Library of African Cinema

African films made in Africa offer restorative images and are often the language of new movies. A unique film in this series introduces innovative new talent not only introducing the work of filmmakers but also incorporating video technology. Watching Africa through African eyes will break down stereotypes and will stimulate the audience to inspire Africa's life and the problems facing the continent.

We also provide articles to help you see and teach African films written by African filmmakers and scholars.

African films are manifestations of cultural identity and African films are the way to find their own particular style and overcome external influences. In addition, African films play social and economic roles that affect domestic social realms (education, culture, economic development / investment). In addition, African movies have a very artistic film originality that can bring freshness to the world's movies. During the post colonial era most African countries often had poor financial and structural problems, but they still remained socially important by very real criteria - but aesthetically favorable films We formed a type. People only have to go to international and, of course, African film festivals such as Ouagadougou, Durban, Cape Town, Edinburgh, Cannes, Toronto, Berlin and so on. However, this is more or less the place where the buck is stopped.

African movies are African filmmaking. It dates back to the early 20th century when film reels were the main film technology. During the colonial period, Africans only lived in the works of Caucasian, colonial, and Western movie makers, and negatively drew blacks as foreigners "others". There are differences between northern Africa and sub-Saharan films, and movies from different countries, so there is no African film. The Egyptian cinema is one of the oldest movie theaters in the world, the first film by the Lumiere brothers in 1896 and the first Egyptian short documentary taken in 1907. In the 1940s, the boom period of the 1950s and 1960s was regarded as the golden age. The film industry in Nigeria is the largest film industry in Africa, from the perspective of value, annual movie sales volume, revenue, popularity.

Western critics have long worked on African films in a mainstream way at the expense of a more formal approach. There are many reasons for this. In particular, the first encounter with the movie and the influence of Africa is based on the famous educational function of the movie encouraged by the colonial authorities. It is often thought that an independent African film imitates the style of teaching film production under colonialism. Film production of this sort often places greater emphasis on the influence and style of content than art and culture.