Twenty Years of African Cinema
{{short description|1983 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Twenty Years of African Cinema
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| director = Férid Boughedir
| producer = Férid Boughedir
| writer = Férid Boughedir
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| starring =
| music =
| cinematography = Charly Meunies
Sékou Ouedraogo
| editing = Andrée Davanture
Juliana Sánchez
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| released = {{film date|df=yes|1983}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = Tunisia
| language = French
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Twenty Years of African Cinema ({{langx|fr|Caméra d'Afrique}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20160415104248/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69b2439a BFI]) is a 1983 Tunisian documentary film directed by Férid Boughedir.
Synopsis
The film (as the title suggests) looks back at 20 years of African cinema featuring interviews with pioneering independent filmmakers such as Sembene Ousmane and Djibril Diop Mambéty overcoming obstacles (lack of funds and support) to tell authentic African stories after years of the continent being a backdrop for Westernized cinema full of depictions of its people as inhuman.[https://ifcinema.institutfrancais.com/en/movie?id=1f9b95b3-c139-e17b-7203-23510fdec6e7 IFcinéma][https://frenchculture.org/events/11074-16th-afi-new-african-film-festival 16th AFI New African Film Festival|French Culture]
Legacy
It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/1547/year/1983.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Twenty Years of African Cinema |access-date=19 June 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}} In April 2019, a restored version of the film was selected to be shown in the Cannes Classics section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |title=Cannes Classics 2019 |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-articles/communique/articles/cannes-classics-2019-1 |website=Festival de Cannes |access-date=26 April 2019 |date=26 April 2019}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0302385|title=Twenty Years of African Cinema}}
Category:1980s French-language films
Category:Documentary films about the cinema of Africa
Category:Films directed by Férid Boughedir
Category:1983 independent films