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On the Matter of Fiction: An Approach to the Marginalization of African Film Studies in the Global Academy (2016)
Journal Article
Dovey, L. (2016). On the Matter of Fiction: An Approach to the Marginalization of African Film Studies in the Global Academy. Black camera, 7(2), 159-173. https://doi.org/10.2979/blackcamera.7.2.159

This article adopts a polemical tone to argue that factual rather than fictional media modes are gradually being privileged globally to the extent that we find ourselves—as academics, but also as citizens—in the grips of a dangerous “regime of truth”... Read More about On the Matter of Fiction: An Approach to the Marginalization of African Film Studies in the Global Academy.

'Bergman in Uganda': Ugandan Veejays, Swedish Pirates, and the Political Value of Live Adaptation (2015)
Book Chapter
Dovey, L. (2015). 'Bergman in Uganda': Ugandan Veejays, Swedish Pirates, and the Political Value of Live Adaptation. In D. Hassler-Forest, & P. Nicklas (Eds.), The Politics of Adaptation: Media Convergence and Ideology (99-113). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137443854_8

In early May 2014, the Swedish artist Markus Öhrn premiered the first part of his project ‘Bergman in Uganda’ at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels, Belgium. The premiere involved a screening of Ingmar Bergman’s signature film Persona (1966), int... Read More about 'Bergman in Uganda': Ugandan Veejays, Swedish Pirates, and the Political Value of Live Adaptation.

Fools (Ramadan Suleman, 1997): or, the importance of being able to tell 'messy' stories at the 'wrong' time (2014)
Book Chapter
Dovey, L. (2014). Fools (Ramadan Suleman, 1997): or, the importance of being able to tell 'messy' stories at the 'wrong' time. In L. Bisschoff, & D. Murphy (Eds.), Africa's Lost Classics: New Histories of African Cinema (107-112). Legenda. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315097534-12

Ramadan Suleman and Bhekizizwe Peterson's film Fools (1997) occupies a vital place in South African and cinema history as the first feature-length fiction film made by black filmmakers in post-apartheid South Africa. However, Fools is far from a dry... Read More about Fools (Ramadan Suleman, 1997): or, the importance of being able to tell 'messy' stories at the 'wrong' time.

Film Africa 2012 (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Dovey, L. (2012). Film Africa 2012. [Film festival]. 1 November 2012 - 11 November 2012. (Unpublished)

London's only annual African film festival