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Rachel Johnson University of Leeds traces “the complex relationships between curation, funding, placemaking and labour” in reference to the “Women Creators of the Future”programme, co-curated by Films Femmes Afrique and Leeds International Film Festival - LIFF doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

In “Documenting the Territory in Saint-Louis (Senegal)”, Laura Feal Sánchez interviews Mamadou sellou Diallo Mamadou Sellou Diallo, exploring his work in the creation of “audiovisual projects” that “document a space in all its complexity” doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

In “Tigritudes: A Subjective Anthology of Pan-African Cinema to Decolonise the Gaze” Estrella Sendra interviews Dyana Gaye about her project that continues to circulate along the African continent and the whole world King's College London Akoroko — African Cinema Now! doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

In “Stories Are in Our Bones! From mispon to Ācimowin: A Conversation with Janine Windolph, in Memory of Trudy Stewart” @janinewindolph and Sheila Petty map out two Indigenous focused film festivals Banff Centre University of Regina doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

In “The Muestra de Cine Afrodescendencias in Costa Chica: Intersections of Afrodescendance and Decoloniality in Curatorial Practice” Claudia Lora et al analyse “the curatorial work and collective exhibition of the Muestra de Cinea Afrodescendencias” doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

Issue 28 features an array of book reviews, from City Films, to Gaza on Screen, to studies of auteurs such as Yasujirō Ozu and Preston Sturges, to pandemics & zombies! doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

Gaza on Screen, edited by Nadia Yaqub published by Duke University Press is reviewed by Jarvis Curry doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

Daniel P. Schwartz’s City Symphonies: Sound and the Composition of Urban Modernity, 1913–1931 published by McGill-Queen's University Press is reviewed by Anthony Kinik of Brock University doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

Directed by Yasujirō Ozu, by Shiguéhiko Hasumi, published by University of California Press (is on Bluesky) is reviewed by David Franklin doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

The film of Preston Sturges are the subject of Crooked, but Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges, by Stuart Klawans, published by Columbia University Press reviewed by Christian Gallichio of Emory University doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

Casablanca’s Conscience by Robert Weldon Whalen published by Fordham Press is reviewed by Lexie Corbett Lexie Corbett doi.org/10.33178/alpha…

Agnès Varda, Harrison Ford.

Italian science fiction film L'uomo meccanico (1921) is the first film to depict a battle between two robots

Haile Gerima’s Final Battle? BLACK LIONS, ROMAN WOLVES, and the Cost of Independence Haile Gerima’s "Black Lions, Roman Wolves: The Children of Adwa" is a long-awaited, work-in-progress documentary film series by the acclaimed Ethiopian filmmaker. The project is an epic

We are sorry to learn of the death of film scholar Linda Williams, author of "Screening Sex" and "On The Wire," and editor and author of other DUP books and journal articles. We send our condolences to her family, friends, students, and colleagues. buff.ly/uut8BgF

RIP Linda Williams, one of the greatest film theorists. If you read only one book about pornography that isn't porn, make it "Hard Core: Power, Pleasure, and the Frenzy of the Visible" ucpress.edu/books/hard-cor…

Incredibly sad to hear of the death of the brilliant Linda Williams. She has been such an influence on film scholarship- her work was so masterful, original, thought-provoking and articulate. What a legacy (⤵️, among others)

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