Theories of Cinema, Week 7 ⤵

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Picturing Colonial Violence

A woman cradles her baby in this still from Sambizanga.

African women must be everywhere. They must be in the images, behind the camera, in the editing room and involved in every stage of the making of a film. They must be the ones to talk about their problems.

--Sarah Maldoror

Imagine a conversation between Frantz Fanon and Sarah Maldoror about colonial violence. What might they agree on? What might they disagree on?

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