Gaze Regimes: Film and Feminisms in Africa
Johannesburg: Wits University Press (2015), xxxiv, 229 pp.
Contains illustrations, filmography pp. 215-217, index
ISBN 978-1-86814-859-2 (pdf); 978-1-77614-165-4 (open web pdf); 978-1-86814-857-8 (ebook); 978-1-86814-856-1 (print)
"Gaze Regimes is a bricolage of essays and interviews showcasing the experiences of women working in film, either directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curators, festival programme directors or fundraisers. It does not shy away from questioning the relations of power in the practice of filmmaking and the power invested in the gaze itself. Who is looking and who is being looked at, who is telling women’s stories in Africa and what governs the mechanics of making those films on the continent? The interviews with film practitioners such as Tsitsi Dangarembga, Taghreed Elsanhouri, Jihan El-Tahri, Anita Khanna, Isabel Noronhe, Arya Lalloo and Shannon Walsh demonstrate the contradictory points of departure of women in film – from their understanding of feminisms in relation to lived-experiences and the realpolitik of women working as cultural practitioners." (Publisher description)
Introduction: By way of context and content / Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann, ix
1 African Women in Cinema: An overview / Beti Ellerson, 1
2 'I am a feminist only in secret': Interview with Taghreed Elsanhouri and Christina von Braun / Ines Kappert, 10
3 Staged Authenticity: Femininity in photography and film / Christina von Braun, 18
4 'Power is in your own hands': Why Jihan El-Tahri does not like movements: Interview with Jihan El-Tahri / Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann, 33
5 Aftermath: A focus on collective trauma. Interview with Djo Tunda wa Munga and Rumbi Katedza / Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry, 44
6 Shooting Violence and Trauma: Traversing visual and social topographies in Zanele Muholi's work / Antje Schuhmann, 55
7 Puk Nini - A Filmic Instruction in Seduction: Exploring class and sexuality in gender relations / Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry, 81
8 I am Saartjie Baartman / Nobunye Levin, 97
9 Filmmaking at the Margins of a Community: On co-producing Elelwani / Jyoti Mistry, 118
10 On Collective Practice and Collected Reflections: Interview with Shannon Walsh and Arya Lalloo / Jyoti Mistry, 133
11 'Cinema of resistance': Interview with Isabel Noronha / Max Annas and Henriette Gunkel, 148
12 Dark and Personal / Anita Khanna, 161
13 'Change? This might mean to shove a few men out': Interview with Anita Khanna / Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry, 168
14 Barakat! means Enough! / Katarina Hedrén, 174
15 'Women, use the gaze to change reality': Interview with Katarina Hedrén / Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann, 182
16 Post-colonial Film Collaboration and Festival Politics / Dorothee Wenner, 188
17 Tsitsi Dangarembga: A manifesto. Interview with Tsitsi Dangarembga / Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann, 201
1 African Women in Cinema: An overview / Beti Ellerson, 1
2 'I am a feminist only in secret': Interview with Taghreed Elsanhouri and Christina von Braun / Ines Kappert, 10
3 Staged Authenticity: Femininity in photography and film / Christina von Braun, 18
4 'Power is in your own hands': Why Jihan El-Tahri does not like movements: Interview with Jihan El-Tahri / Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann, 33
5 Aftermath: A focus on collective trauma. Interview with Djo Tunda wa Munga and Rumbi Katedza / Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry, 44
6 Shooting Violence and Trauma: Traversing visual and social topographies in Zanele Muholi's work / Antje Schuhmann, 55
7 Puk Nini - A Filmic Instruction in Seduction: Exploring class and sexuality in gender relations / Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry, 81
8 I am Saartjie Baartman / Nobunye Levin, 97
9 Filmmaking at the Margins of a Community: On co-producing Elelwani / Jyoti Mistry, 118
10 On Collective Practice and Collected Reflections: Interview with Shannon Walsh and Arya Lalloo / Jyoti Mistry, 133
11 'Cinema of resistance': Interview with Isabel Noronha / Max Annas and Henriette Gunkel, 148
12 Dark and Personal / Anita Khanna, 161
13 'Change? This might mean to shove a few men out': Interview with Anita Khanna / Antje Schuhmann and Jyoti Mistry, 168
14 Barakat! means Enough! / Katarina Hedrén, 174
15 'Women, use the gaze to change reality': Interview with Katarina Hedrén / Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann, 182
16 Post-colonial Film Collaboration and Festival Politics / Dorothee Wenner, 188
17 Tsitsi Dangarembga: A manifesto. Interview with Tsitsi Dangarembga / Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann, 201
