Time Travel and Bodily Epistemology in Ava DuVernay’s Selma (FR/UK/US 2014) and Haile Gerima’s Sankofa (BF 1993)

This article explores the seminal films of two black filmmakers of different generations: Haile Gerima’s Sankofa (BF 1993) and Ava DuVernay’s Selma (FR/UK/US 2014). It suggests that in creating Selma, DuVernay uses time travel and “bodily epistemology” (Lisa Woolfork) as first deployed by Haile Geri...

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Main Author: Noah, Temitope Abisoye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karl Franzens Universität Graz 2024-10-01
Series:Journal for Religion, Film and Media
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Online Access:https://resolver.obvsg.at/urn:nbn:at:at-ubg:4-57587
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