Looking at several West African films from the perspective of sound, Dr. Dima follows a recent analytical pattern in film studies that challenges the primacy of the visual. African directors ingeniously use sound (voice, noise, music, or silence) as a narrative tool that generates its own stories and sonic spaces. The conflicted neocolonial subject dwells in the space of narrative fragmentation that emerges from the clash between the image and the sound and that defines and re-territorialize neocolonial rural and urban spaces.
Dr. Vlad Dima is an Assistant Professor of French at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches French and Francophone cinemas and has published articles on sound issues in the films of Quentin Tarantino, Djibril Mambety, Jean-Luc Godard, and Ousmane Sembene. His book Sonic Spaces in Djibril-Diop Mambety?s Films will be published by Indiana Press University in 2016.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Warren Auditorium
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Friday, November 20 - 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sandiego.edu or call (619) 260-7841
Dr. Vlad Dima is an Assistant Professor of French at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He teaches French and Francophone cinemas and has published articles on sound issues in the films of Quentin Tarantino, Djibril Mambety, Jean-Luc Godard, and Ousmane Sembene. His book Sonic Spaces in Djibril-Diop Mambety?s Films will be published by Indiana Press University in 2016.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Mother Rosalie Hill Hall, Warren Auditorium
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
Friday, November 20 - 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM
For more information, please visit: www.sandiego.edu or call (619) 260-7841
