PANEL AFRICAN? AFRODIASPORIC ? PERSPECTIVES ON BLACK CINEMA BETWEEN CONTINENT AND DIASPORA

PANEL AFRICAN? AFRODIASPORIC ? PERSPECTIVES ON BLACK CINEMA BETWEEN CONTINENT AND DIASPORA

What makes an African film? Is it the origin of the filmmakers, the location, the subject or the perspective? And how is an Afro-diasporic film different? While African cinema is often associated with productions from the continent itself, Afro-diasporic films are created in contexts of migration, uprooting and cultural hybridity - often in Western production landscapes, but with a view to African identities, history and visions of the future. Who has the power to define these categories? What role do they play in international film festivals, in funding structures, in visibility? And how do they influence the artistic freedom of filmmakers of African origin worldwide?
With Jacqueline Nsiah, Lemohang Jeremiah Moses, Ibrahim Snoopy, Rungano Nyoni

Cooperation: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), Deutsche Welle Academy, KIOSK - Arts Exchange e. V.

Language: English

What defines an African film? Is it the origin of the director, the location, the subject, or the perspective? And how is an Afro-diasporic film different? While African cinema is often associated with productions from the continent itself, Afro-diasporic films are made in contexts of migration, uprooting and cultural hybridity - often in Western production landscapes, but with a view to African identities, history and visions of the future. Who has the power to define these categories? What role do they play in international film festivals, in funding structures, in visibility? And how do they influence the artistic freedom of filmmakers of African origin worldwide?

With Jacqueline Nsiah, Lemohang Jeremiah Moses, Ibrahim Snoopy, Rungano Nyoni