Cinemas of the Black Diaspora: Diversity, Dependence, and Oppositionality

This is a study of the cinematic traditions and film practices in the black Diaspora. With contributions by film scholars, film critics, and film-makers from Europe, North America and the Third World, this diverse collection provides a critical reading of film-making in the black Diaspora that challenges the assumptions of colonialist and ethnocentrist discourses about Third World, Hollywood and European cinemas.

Cinemas of the Black Diaspora examines the impact on film-making …