African Women in Cinema
Beti Ellerson has a Ph.D. in African Studies (Howard University) with a sub-specialization in African Cinema Studies and Women Studies. As a Fellow during the 1996-1997 Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship year, she focused her research on African women in cinema, which culminated with a book entitled Sisters of the Screen: Women of Africa on Film, Video and Television (2000) and the film documentary, Sisters of the Screen: African Women in the Cinema (2002). Realizing the relative fixity of the book and film project, as many more women are emerging, and films continue to be produced, she followed the trend of new media and social networking to continue the African Women in Cinema Project, thus having a means to constantly update information. She launched the Center for the Study and Research of African Women in Cinema in 2008.
Beti Ellerson has published extensively and spoken widely on the topic of African women and the moving image. She currently teaches courses in Africana studies, visual culture and women studies in the Washington, DC area.
Beti Ellerson is invited as a guest to FilmAfrikana and will give us a great insite in her studies. Her lecture consists of filmclips and discussion. This is a must!!
www.africanwomenincinema.org
