About the Author

MIchael T. Martin is a professor and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Wayne State University. He is the co-editor of Studies of Development and Change in the Modern World and the director and co-producer of the award-winning documentary, In the Absence of Peace. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Reviews

The richest anthology on the post-colonial Black cinemas in Africa and in the diaspora, written by budding scholars, critics, and filmmakers. Cinemas of the Black Diaspora consists of critical essays, interviews, and manifestos that both clarify and question such accepted (and sometimes disputed) categories as Third World cinema, national cinema, Black cinema, international cinema, and diaspora cinema. A must for college courses on alternative cinemas and film practices.--Hamid Naficy "Rice University"