African Experiences of Cinema brings together important historical documents, contemporary testimonies and critical essays. Film-makers, scholars and critics detail their responses to, and experiences of, the challenges of cinema across the African continent. From various perspectives, and informed by differing aspirations, the contributors explore the inter-relation of aesthetics, history, politics and ideology in African cinema, as well as the cultural, social and economic forces which blend to form this vital and important cinematic movement. In its range and scope, African Experiences of Cinema is an unprecedented collection which will greatly facilitate and further the study and appreciation of African cinema.