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Differences in African Films

posted 18 years ago by andreww401
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Hey, I'm about to watc this movie, and I've never really seen an African film before? Are there any extreme differences in style?

It was horrible, just horrible. But driving fast behind the ambulance was fantastic.

[–] blindpeters 18 years ago

Horrible? Well, in a way yes. But that makes it so brilliant!

[–] frankiefrears 17 years ago

this is pretty different from a lot of african cinema. It is like a heavily africanized version of Godard and is, as such, absolutely wonderful.

[–] Camoo 16 years ago

see it! its wonderful.
african cinema is of course very different than western cinema because of the cultural differences and african films are generally made on a VERY small budget. there is an outpouring of really terrible films coming out of nigeria [nollywood] at the moment which arent even availibe to western viewers , but i recommend looking up some films by directors Abderrhamane Sissako and Souleymane Cisse, both malian directors who have made some wonderful films.