This class is a two-legged journey across the continent, back and forth filmic representation and reality, drawing on the latter to critique the former. The repertoire spans from classics such as African Queen (East Africa), Tarzan (Equatorial Africa) and Out of Africa (Kenya) to recent productions like Blood Diamond (Sierra Leone), Lord of War (arms trade), The Constant Gardener (Kenya), Black Hawk Down (Somalia) and The Last King of Scotland (Uganda). For contrast, we will also view non-Hollywood films on Africa, namely Hotel Rwanda (Rwanda) or Lumumba (DRC).
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