Florence Ayisi

Florence Ayisi
human
Ein sex anaa genderfemale Edit
Country wey e be citizenCameroon Edit
Name wey dem give amFlorence Edit
Ein date of birth1962 Edit
Place dem born amKumba Edit
Ein occupationfilmmaker, university teacher, academic, film director Edit
EmployerUniversity of South Wales Edit
Educate forUniversity of Yaoundé, University of Sunderland, University of Hull, Leeds Beckett University Edit
Participant insyd2005 Cannes Film Festival Edit
Member ofBlack Female Professors Forum Edit

Florence Ayisi (dem born am for 22nd July, 1962) be a filmmaker wey komot Cameroon. Na dem release ein film Sisters in Law insyd 2005 wey e win de Prix Art et Essai award at de Cannes Film Festival den a Peabody.

Biography

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Dem born Ayisi for 22nd July, 1962 insyd Kumba, Cameroon.[1] She earn a certificate insyd higher education insyd 1997 from de School of Education at de University of Sunderland. Insyd 1989 she earn a BA from de University of Yaoundé insyd Cameroon. Insyd 1989 she earn a MA insyd theatre den media production from de University of Hull den, insyd 1992, she earn an MA insyd film production from de Northern School of Film den Television at Leeds Metropolitan University.

Since 2000 she dey teach film at de University of South Wales.[2][3] Ayisi found de production company Iris Films insyd 2005.

Insyd 2005, she release Sisters in Law wich go on make e win multiple awards wey dey include de Prix Art et Essai award at de Cannes Film Festival den a Peabody.[4][5][6][7] De film receive positive reviews.[8][9][10][11]

Insyd 2007, she meet Queen Elizabeth II for ein work ein association plus Commonwealth countries.[12] Insyd 2008, she win de UK Film Council Breakthrough Brits Award for Film Talent insyd 2008.[6][12]

Filmography

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  • Zanzibar Soccer Dreams (Florence Ayisi & Catalin Brylla, 2016, 64 mins) -
  • Transforming Lives: PNDP and Rural Development in Cameroon (2014, 35 mins)
  • Handing Down Time – Cameroon (2012, 55 mins)
  • Cameroonian Women in Motion (2012, 10 mins)
  • Art of this Place: Women Artists in Cameroon (2011, 40 mins)[6]
  • Zanzibar Soccer Queens (2007/2008, 87 & 52 mins)[6][13]
  • Our World in Zanzibar (2007, 35 mins)[6]
  • My Mother: Isange (2005, 7 minutes)[6][14]
  • Sisters in Law (2005) (Florence Ayisi & Kim Longinotto, 2005, 104 mins)
  • Reflections (2003)[14]

References

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  1. ↑ "Biography of Florence Ayisi". African Success. 3 June 2008. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 19 Feb 2017.
  2. ↑ "University of South Wales - Florence Ayisil". Retrieved 19 Feb 2017.
  3. ↑ White, Patricia (2006-01-01). "Cinema Solidarity: The Documentary Practice of Kim Longinotto". Cinema Journal. 46 (1): 120–128. doi:10.1353/cj.2007.0008. JSTOR 4137156. S2CID 144270154.
  4. ↑ "Cannes award for courtroom film". BBC News. 24 May 2005. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
  5. ↑ "Winner 2007 Independent Lens: Sisters in Law". Peabody Awards (in English). Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 "Florence Ayisi". Women Make Movies. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  7. ↑ "Hollywood embraces Britain's black film talent". The Independent (in British English). 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  8. ↑ Meskimmon, Marsha; Rowe, Dorothy C. (2012). "Editorial". Women, the Arts and Globalization. Manchester University Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780719096716.
  9. ↑ Tchouaffé, Olivier Jean (2012). "Women in Film in Cameroon: Thérèse Sita-Bella, Florence Ayisi, Oswalde Lewat and Josephine Ndagnou". Journal of African Cinemas. 4 (2): 191–206. doi:10.1386/jac.4.2.191_1.
  10. ↑ Malkowski, Jennifer (2007-06-01). "Reel Paradise / Sisters in Law". Film Quarterly (in English). 60 (4): 30–34. doi:10.1525/fq.2007.60.4.30. ISSN 0015-1386.
  11. ↑ Maher, Jennifer; Moorman, Marissa (Spring 2008). "A Black Camera Movie Review: Sisters in Law by Florence Ayisi; Kim Longinotto". Black Camera. 22/23: 120–122. JSTOR 27761711.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Honourees 2008". UK Film Council. 2012-02-23. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  13. ↑ Mayer, Sophie (2015-10-22). Political Animals: The New Feminist Cinema (in English). I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9780857729941.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Independent Lens . SISTERS IN LAW . The Filmmakers | PBS". www.pbs.org. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2017-03-07.

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