Citing your sources properly -- especially the films that you refer to and any images you include in your paper -- is important and required.
Purdue University's OWL Writing Lab Citation resources are the best ones out there on the web. Detailed information on MLA and other styles, such as Chicago, are availble here.
Check out Berkeley's Guide to Citing Film, Video, and Online Media.
Diane can help with citations, too!
Movies and documentaries can be important resources for Africana Studies. It's important to get official copies of materials rather than relying on pirated copies or clips on YouTube. Be sure to search the catalog for the films, and check what your professor has on reserve. You can suggest that we order a movie, too, by filling out a Library Material Purchase Request.
To find available documentaries, you can use OneSearch's DVDs/Videos tab. This will run a search of the library catalog for both streaming videos and optical discs that match your search terms.
Bamako by
Melé, a bar singer, and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up. In the courtyard of the house they share with other families in Bamako, the capital city of Mali, African civil society representatives have taken proceedings against such international financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, whom they blame for Africa's woes. As numerous trial witnesses air bracing indictments against the multinational economic machinery that haunts them, life in the courtyard presses forward.
Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes by
A look at the conceptualization of masculinity in hip-hop culture. Includes interviews with prominent rappers, music industry executives, and social critics.
La noire de by
In La noire de ..., a Senegalese maid goes to the Riviera with her employers and gains a new perspective on what it means to be African outside of Africa. A story of exile and despair.
Milking the Rhino by
The Maasai tribe of Kenya and Namibia's Himba -- two of earth's oldest cattle cultures -- are emerging from a century of 'white man's conservation,' which threw them off their lands, banned subsistence hunting and fueled resentment. They are discovering that earnings from wildlife tourism can rival the benefits of livestock. But change is not easy. Charting the collision of ancient ways with Western expectations, [this film] offers complex, intimate stories of Africans at the forefront of community-based conservation.