1. “Africa in Cinema” is a course where students learn about Africa through film. Lumumba is set in the period leading up to and just after Congo’s independence. Half of a Yellow Sun depicts a roughly similar period in Nigeria’s history. Sarafina shows the resistance to Apartheid during the 1970s/1980s. For each movie note the two most important things you learned about the historical period it depicts. Explain why those things are important. Describe how each movie depicted those two things that you learned. (Three paragraphs)
2. Compare and contrast how violence is portrayed in Sarafina and Blood Diamond. Using examples from each film, explain what each film tells us about violence. (Two paragraphs)All you have to do is cite these two movies movies about violence
3. Gender was an important theme in each of the three movies. Using examples from each movie, compare and contrast the portrayals of women in each film. (One paragraph)
Please read these three questions carefully, watch 3 movies, and complete this article according to the content of the following document credits!