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Africa Film WebMeeting  - http://web.mit.edu/course/21/21f.853/africa-film/  Archives (Feb 96 to Feb 99) of the African Cinema Conference mailing list.  African Cinema in the Nineties  - http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v2/v2i1a4.htm  Scholarly paper by Mbye Cham originally published in African Studies Quarterly 2(1).  Africa Film and TV  - http://www.africafilmtv.com/  International journal of the moving image in Africa, yearbook/directory, quarterly magazine, newsflash by post, fax or email.  Films from Africa and the African Diaspora  - http://www.africanfilm.com/  Distributors of films that focus on the human experience of black people in Africa, the Caribbean, North and South America and Europe.  South African Indie Film Site  - http://www.safilm.org.za/  A resource for independent South African film-makers.  Sithengi Film and Television Market  - http://www.sithengi.co.za/  Annual market, held in conjunction with the Cape Town World Cinema Festival.  Contemporary African Film at the 13th Annual Carter Lectures on Africa  - http://web.africa.ufl.edu/asq/v2/v2i1a5.htm  Rebecca Gearhart. Interviews with filmmaker Salem Mekuria and film critic Sheila Petty. Originally published in African Studies Quarterly 2(1).  Making Film in Africa  - http://www.szs.net/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.  New African Cinema  - http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/newafricancinema.html  Francoise Pfaff (1996). Originally published in Cineaste 22(4).  Reviews and Reflections: African Film.  - http://www.wpcmath.com/films/africanfilm/africanfilm2.html  Notes by William P. Coleman, April 1998.  Interview with Djibril Diop Mambety  - http://www.itutu.com/djibril/  A very short interview from 1993.  Mama Africa  - http://www.zimmedia.com/mama_africa/  Mama Africa - six short films by African women, each from a different country and perspective.  Flame - Zimbabwe 1996  - http://www.zimmedia.com/flame/  Flame (1996), director Ingrid Sinclair. First film to focus on the role of women & the struggles for the independence & liberation of Zimbabwe.  Approaches to African Cinema Study  - http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/00/8/african.html  Martin Mhando, 2000. An approach to African cinema from a cultural studies perspective, emphasising the deconstructive criticism viewpoint.  Stanford University - Africa South of the Sahara: Films and Videos  - http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/film.html  Annotated directory of links to web resources.  Cry Freetown  - http://www.cryfreetown.org/  Award-winning film portraying the events of January 1999 in Freetown, capital of Sierra Leone.  Sorious Samura's Africa  - http://www.sorioussamurasafrica.org/  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 short-film making from 1980 to 1995  - http://www.unisa.ac.za/default.asp?Cmd=ViewContent&ContentID=7133  A thematic exploration by Martin P Botha.  Cinema, African  - http://www.africana.com/research/encarta/tt_354.asp  Introduction to African cinema by Elizabeth Heath.  H-AfrLitCine Discussion Network  - http://www.h-net.org/~aflitweb/  H-Net discussion list dealing with African Literature and Cinema. Includes book reviews and searchable archives.  African Script Development Fund  - http://asdf.mweb.co.zw/  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.  In Search Of Quality  - http://allafrica.com/stories/200008210216.html  Interview with Tayo Odunlami. The News (Lagos).  African Film Commission  - http://www.africanfilmcommission.org/  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.  Wonders of the African World (West Africa Review, January 2000)  - http://www.westafricareview.com/vol1.2/index1.2.htm  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.  Wikipedia - African Cinema  - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Cinema  Hyperlinked encyclopedia articles provides information and history about African films, directors and filmmakers.