Summary African Cinema.docx.docx African Cinema Institutional Affiliation Section A First impressions can play a huge role in deciding how something is viewed. With the possibility of stories or stereotypes being the only information to go off of, it would be
African C African Cinema Institutional Affiliation Section A First impressions can play a huge role in deciding how something is viewed. With the possibility of stories or stereotypes being the only information to go off of, it would be easy for someone to believe in these stereotypes or stories and create a self-fulfilling prophecy to satisfy the beliefs already made. In cinema, being labeled a particular genre or being labeled for a filmmaker's specific style is one thing but labeling anything remotely rated based on its origin and not giving it a fair chance to be judged is not a credible way to view things. As a result of this particular issue, African cinema has struggled to break out of previous and outdated generalities that hold the art form in Africa back. In this essay, I will trace and explain the factors that shifted African filmmaking and led to the defining and redefining African
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Western Governors University
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WGU C791
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