Thesiss

This project analyzes films that challenge and reconfigure the apparatus of colonial picture-making in order to construct a self-reflexive understanding of contact. Looking at Trinh T. Minh-ha's Shoot for the Contents, Chris Marker's Sans soleil, Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Hu…

The subject of my dissertation is cinematic constructions of African immigrant and French identities. I analyze Vivre au Paradis (Bourlem Guerdjou), Soleil Ô (Med Hondo), La Noire de… (Ousmane Sembene), and Mémoires d'immigrés (Yamina Benguigui) from cultural, aesthetic, and pol…

Film is both twentieth century art and business, whereby the audience views characters' emotions, settings, costumes, and lighting, along with hearing words and music. It is a collaborative effort between producer, director, writer, star, and technicians. As film evolved, one of…