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An Angolan vernacular-language fiction film as para-ethnographic film: Nationalism and the evolving politics of film circulation and reception<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t History and Anthropology<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Abstract:<\/strong> This article examines\u00a0Nelisita<\/i>\u00a0(Carvalho, 1982), an Olunyaneka-language feature fiction film made in the early years of Angolan cinema, and draws a historiography of its marginal production and ensuing scattered reception. Combining a historical approach to the film\u2019s production and circulation, with an ethnographically-driven analysis of its recent screenings at a village sharing an Olunyaneka background, I discuss insights gained from its reception by an audience familiar with the cultural context portrayed on screen. Along with the history of the film\u2019s production and circulation, the villagers\u2019 engagement with the film sheds light on the evolving politics of cinema in Africa, particularly the complex relationships between popular and film festival audiences, film studies and visual anthropology. I examine shifting continuities and ruptures with regards to the film\u2019s intricate social history, and analyse the production and reception of\u00a0Nelisita<\/i>\u00a0as an experiment that highlights differing ways in which films can work as a contact zone.<\/p>\n

Keywords<\/strong>: Film, African cinema, audiences, reflexivity, vernacular language film, visual anthropology<\/p>\n

Full citation<\/strong>: Ponte, I. (2021). \u201cAn Angolan vernacular-language fiction film as para-ethnographic film: Nationalism and the evolving politics of film circulation and reception<\/a>\u201c,\u00a0History and Anthropology<\/i>,\u00a0DOI:\u00a010.1080\/02757206.2021.1881079<\/a><\/p>\n