Les salles de cinéma en Afrique sud saharienne francophone (1926–1980) / Movie Theaters in French-Speaking Africa South of the Sahara (1926–1980), by Claude Forest: A Welcomed and Essential Historical Work

• Published in: Black camera : the newsletter of the Black Film Center/Archives Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 313 - 319
• Main Author: Barlet, Olivier
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bloomington Indiana University Press 01.10.2022
• Subjects: 20th century; African cinema; Colonialism; Cooperation; Entrepreneurs; Francophones; Ideology; Motion picture directors & producers; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures; Profitability; Profits; Theater; Theaters & cinemas; France; Africa; Ivory Coast

Following extensive research and at a time when French operators are making a strong comeback on the African scene, Claude Forest fills a void and publishes a history of movie theaters in French-speaking Africa that covers the colonial period and the first twenty years of independence, until the Fre...