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From: Stefan Skupien <stefan.skupien@fu-berlin.de>
List Editor: Elena Vezzadini <vezzadini@MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Editor's Subject: Query: African Films on foundational violence
Author's Subject: Query: African Films on foundational violence
Date Written: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 10:55 PM
Date Posted: Thu, 20 Feb 2013 04:39:27 -0500

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Dear list-subscribers,

preparing an undergraduate course on the interconnection of new states,
violence and legal orders I would like to ask for recommendations on
fictional films. Although not limited to African films I would like to use
different African contexts, particularly the violence of anti-colonial
struggles and their inner dynamics as examples. The theoretical input
draws on Benjamin's 'Critique of Violence' . FLAME (1996) would be an
example to discuss the inner dynamics and legitimations of anti-colonial
struggles, which legacies last until today.

Thank you very much for advise and hints.

Best regards
Stefan Skupien


Political Scientist
PhD candidate

KFG 'Transformative Powers of Europe'
Otto-Suhr Institut for Political Science
Free University of Berlin

stefan.skupien@fu-berlin.de

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