Filmmakers in sub-Saharan Francophone Africa have been using cinema since independence in the Sixties to challenge existing Western stereotypes of the continent. The author shows how directors working in a postcolonial context that has inevitably influence film agendas and styles have produced a range of alternative, challenging representations"--Page 4 of cover.
Weaving together critical analysis and a filmic conversation, this book journeys through the multiple layers of Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno's thematically and aesthetically challenging body of work, framed here as a formof decolonial cinematic resistance.
Weaving together critical analysis and a filmic conversation, this book journeys through the multiple layers of Cameroonian filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno's thematically and aesthetically challenging body of work, framed here as a formof decolonial cinematic resistance.
Filmmakers in sub-Saharan francophone Africa have been using cinema since independence in the 1960s to challenge Western stereotypes. This text shows how directors have produced alternatives, focusing on issues of memory and history.
Treadmill Perspectives, is the second release by Melissa Littles, Author and Founder of The Police Wife Life. Being compelled by the increasing number of officer deaths, Melissa Littles left her career in law to become an advocate and activist for law enforcement. Treadmill Perspectives, is a compilation of her morning blogs which have become a staple for her followers, as well as Munchisms, the quirky stories of the four year old son of Bervis and Melissa Littles, together with articles, poems and stories from Littles Village, the hub of the action for change for our law enforcement officers. This book will take your emotions from the serious and emotional, to laughter and joy. Another must read by Melissa Littles.
In this book, James Fairhead and Melissa Leach bring science to the heart of debates about globalisation, exploring transformations in global science and contrasting effects in Guinea, one of the world's poorest countries, and Trinidad, a more prosperous, industrialised and urbanised island. The book focuses on environment, forestry and conservation sciences that are central to these countries and involve resources that many depend upon for their livelihoods. It examines the relationships between policies, bureaucracies and particular types of scientific enquiry and explores how ordinary people, the media and educational practices engage with this. In particular it shows how science becomes part of struggles over power, resources and legitimacy. The authors take a unique ethnographic perspective, linking approaches in anthropology, development and science studies. They address critically prominent debates in each, and explore opportunities for new forms of participation, public engagement and transformation in the social relations of science.
Lana and Eve are sisters, raised by a mother whose past has coated them in self-doubt, anger, and mental illness. As the oldest, Lana has played the role of care giver to her baby sister and their middle brother, Curtis. Her volatile relationship with her mother has also created a tough, often cold twist in her personality. She has denied her loving husband the children he has begged for throughout their fourteen-year marriage. The revealing of the secret surrounding the abortion of her only pregnancy contributes to a change of heart in the thirty-four-year-old photographer. Eve has been coddled all of her life and has grown into an anxious, often depressed, dependant adult. She gives way when her delusion that her unborn child is a boy is proven wrong. Freedom from their mother's past comes in the form of life for one sister and death for the other.
Alison wakes up and realizes she is not in Kansas anymore. At first glance, she wonders if sheas gone into the light; is she caught between heaven anda]that other place? Soon, she realizes sheas in a very good place, a place that allows her to go back and change some life-altering decisions she once madeaincorrectly. As Alison revisits her life, she sees the mistakes sheas made but also comes to appreciate the things she did right along the way. A choose-your-own adventure starring oneself is a heady thing, and Alison must learn how to wield that power correctly if she wants to extend her own life.
Readers will learn about the life and works of Suzanne Collins. This young adult author s life leading up to her success as the best-selling author of the Hunger Games trilogy is discussed. Readers will also learn about the author s writing process and what inspires her to write. What s next for this author and other interesting details are also included.
The summer is over, but the fun is just beginning! To do this: •Help Penny and Brian stage free concert at school. •Get new students to audition for fall musical! •Make plan to get DJ Wild Will to talk about concert on his radio show. •Make new plan to get DJ Wild Will to talk about concert. •Help Danielle get role in school musical. •Cancel Brian's and Penny's concert??? Ages 8–12
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