Bastard Allegories
Black British Independent Cinema
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15415804 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marriott Marriott (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 179-179 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Black Camera (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1536-3155 • E-ISSN: 1947-4237 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/blackcamera.7.1.179 |
| OpenAlex | W2228756228 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
This is a study of the founding terms of Black British independent cinema from the 1980s. Looking closely at the work of filmmaker John Akomfrah, and cultural theorists such as Stuart Hall, this essay examines the complex imbrication of form and theory in that cinema, paying particular attention to Hall’s emphasis on the motif of “articulation” and how, for Akomfrah, the formal qualities of Black British independent cinema related—allegorically, dialectically, symptomatically—to Hall’s theory of the conjuncture. Drawing on four structural motifs—method, archive, genre, and filiation—I also look at works by Isaac Julien, Kobena Mercer, and Frantz Fanon
Art · Art history · Articulation (sociology · Film director · Film theory · Imbrication · Movie theater · Political science · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Law · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · South Asian Cinema and Culture
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2021 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |