Saharan African film's relative eclipse on the international African and notably sub-scene in the 2000s does not lessen the profound mutations at play: a new relationship to the real; new-aesthetic strategies; and the emergence of a post-colonial popular cinema.
With reference to the decade's most notable films, Olivier Barlet, who daily follows filmmaking throughout Africa and the Caribbean, here identifies the critical questions that these evolutions pose. In the process, he offers us a personal and passionate vision.
Interrelated through multiple references to the Africultures journal's work in all artistic domains, this book is an indispensable sum of thought that challenges preconceived ideas and enriches an approach to cinema as a critical art.
