A Mirage in the Desert? African Women Directors at FESPACO

In her extensive report published in 1991, Claire Andrade-Watkins gives an account of the thorny issues raised between African and diasporan participants at the FESPACO meeting, "Women, Cinema, Television and Video in Africa." In her wide-ranging discussion of African filmmaking structures, she contextualizes African women filmmakers' place within African cinemas and the significance of the landmark meeting.