Drawing on examples of 1930s colonial Central and East Africa, Prof. Aboubakar Sanogo (Film Studies and African Studies) provides a discussion of the importance of looking at the history of colonialism when examining the history of cinema at the (“Cinema Rediscovered”) festival in Bologna, Italy, 4 July 2015.
Prof. Sanogo was also at Il Cinema Ritrovato to curate the program on one of the earliest African documentary filmmakers, the Tunisian innovator,聽, who was聽a pioneer both in the documentary and the fiction film modes (more details ).
See a video of Prof. Sanogo’s presentation . 聽For a review of the festival itself, please visit .