Sisters of the Screen African Women in the Cinema (2002)

Exploring the extraordinary contributions of women filmmakers from Africa and the diaspora Beti Ellersons engaging debut intersperses interviews with such acclaimed women directors as Safi Faye Sarah Maldoror Anne Mungai Fanta Régina Nacro and Ngozi Onwurah with footage from their seminal work With power and nuance Ellerson also confronts the thorny question of cultural authenticity by revisiting the legendary 1991 FESPACO PanAfrican Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou in which diasporian women were asked to leave a meeting intended for African woman only This film is both a valuable anthology and a fitting homage to the pioneers and new talents of African cinema