PANEL RETHINKING HEROINES VISIBILITY, BEAUTY AND POWER IN AFRICAN AND DIASPORIC CINEMA

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PANEL RETHINKING HEROINES VISIBILITY, BEAUTY AND POWER IN AFRICAN AND DIASPORIC CINEMA

For a long time, heroine figures in global cinema have been constructed according to Western, often white, cis-heteronormative and physically normalized standards. In African and Afro-diasporic cinema, however, a new generation of filmmakers is focusing on marginalized identities: Black queer bodies, non-normative beauty, resistant narratives. This panel is dedicated to questions of visibility, representation and power: Which beauty norms are also at work within African cinema, and how can they be broken down? Who is allowed to be a hero on screen and who remains invisible? Which forgotten heroes deserve visibility? Together we will discuss how African cinema is redefining heroines today - beyond colonial narratives and patriarchal ideals.

With Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Derhwa Kasunzu, Adama Bineta Sow & Imran Hamdulay

Language: English

Cooperation: Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM), Deutsche Welle Akademie, KIOSK -Arts Exchange e. V

For a long time, heroic figures in global cinema were constructed according to Western, often white, cis-heteronormative and physically normalized standards. In African and Afrodiasporic cinema, however, a new generation of filmmakers is focusing on marginalized identities: Black queer bodies, non-normative beauty, resistant narratives. This panel is dedicated to the questions of visibility, representation and power: Which beauty norms are also at work within African cinema - and how can they be broken down? Who is allowed to be a hero on screen - and who remains invisible? Which forgotten heroes deserve visibility? Together we will discuss how African cinema is redefining heroines today - beyond colonial narratives and patriarchal ideals.

With Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Derhwa Kasunzu, Adama Bineta Sow & Imran Hamdulay