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Africa Film and TV - - International journal of the moving image in Africa, yearbook/directory, quarterly magazine, newsflash by post, fax or email.

Africa Film WebMeeting - - Archives (Feb 96 to Feb 99) of the African Cinema Conference mailing list.

African Cinema in the Nineties - - Scholarly paper by Mbye Cham originally published in African Studies Quarterly 2(1).

African Film Commission - - Fosters collaborative efforts between writers, filmmakers, screenwriters, governments, financiers and film students who bring African culture, stories or locales to the screen. Based in Los Angeles, USA.

African Script Development Fund - - Assists the training of African writers to develop professional standard film and television screenplays. The ASDF uses an integrative approach that unifies the creative process with marketing and distribution activities. Based in Zimbabwe.

Approaches to African Cinema Study - - Martin Mhando, 2000. An approach to African cinema from a cultural studies perspective, emphasising the deconstructive criticism viewpoint.

Cinema, African - - Introduction to African cinema by Elizabeth Heath.

Contemporary African Film at the 13th Annual Carter Lectures on Africa - - Rebecca Gearhart. Interviews with filmmaker Salem Mekuria and film critic Sheila Petty. Originally published in African Studies Quarterly 2(1).

Cry Freetown - - Award-winning film portraying the events of January 1999 in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone.

Films from Africa and the African Diaspora - - Distributors of films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe.

Flame - Zimbabwe 1996 - - Flame (1996), director Ingrid Sinclair. First film to focus on the role of women & the struggles for the independence & liberation of Zimbabwe.

H-AfrLitCine Discussion Network - - H-Net discussion list dealing with African Literature and Cinema. Includes book reviews and searchable archives.

Interview with Djibril Diop Mambety - - A very short interview from 1993.

Making Film in Africa - - Film and film-making in Africa: reviews, criticism and theory. Papers by Kedmon Hungwe, Martin Mhando and Kimani Gecau, focussing on Zimbabwe and Central Africa.

Mama Africa - - Mama Africa - six short films by African women, each from a different country and perspective.

New African Cinema - - Francoise Pfaff (1996). Originally published in Cineaste 22(4).

Reviews and Reflections: African Film. - - Notes by William P. Coleman, April 1998.

Sithengi Film and Television Market - - Annual market, held in conjunction with the Cape Town World Cinema Festival.

Sorious Samura's Africa - - Describes the making of two documentaries: Exodus, following the plight of African people attempting to reach the West; and Walking on Ashes, filmed in Uganda, which attempts to make sense of the one-party state.

South African Indie Film Site - - A resource for independent South African film-makers.

South African short-film making from 1980 to 1995 - - A thematic exploration by Martin P Botha.

Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Films and Videos - - Annotated directory of links to web resources.

Wikipedia - African Cinema - - Hyperlinked encyclopedia articles provides information and history about African films, directors and filmmakers.

Wonders of the African World (West Africa Review, January 2000) - - Special issue of West Africa Review devoted to commentaries and responses to the film series, Wonders Of The African World, produced by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

In Search Of Quality - - Interview with Tayo Odunlami. The News (Lagos). (August 21, 2000)