The importance of personal stories in the film in sub-saharan Africa
Sheila Petty
Sheila Petty is professor of media studies and associate member of the faculty of engineering and applied science at the University of Regina (Canada).
This article will review briefly how the memory is evoked in six films through the timeline of african cinema : Med Hondo' Sun O (Mauritania/France, 1969), Ousmane Sembene, Xala (Senegal, 1975), Flora Gomes, The blue Eyes of Yonta (Guinea-Bissau, 1992), Djibril Diop Mambéty' Hyenas (Senegal, 1992), Ousmane Sembene' Faat Kiné (Senegal, 2000), and Fanta Regina Nacro' The Night of Truth (Burkina Faso, 2004).
