African Cinema-Blood Diamonds
KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF THEATER ARTS AND FILM UNIT NAME: KENYAN FILM CODE: MTF 519
Paper title: Criticism and reviews of the film Blood Diamond
PAPER PRESENTED BY; MICHAEL NJERU NYAGA REG : M66/CE/22669/2010 To: Dr. S. M . Otieno April 2012
Blood Diamond.
Introduction.
Film as a social medium is expected to narrative the narratives that emanate from within the environment we live in. Film has indeed been dedicated to telling the tale of man since it was born in 1895. The film Blood Diamond endeavours to tell to the world the story of post colonial Africa to highlight as it were the challenges that bedevil Africa. Many critics have complained that the world cinema is unfair to Africa because more often than not it portrays Africa negatively. On eighth December 2006 Blood Diamond added to the list of films about Africa done by non-Africans. When all is said and done about Africa as perceived through film the principal generalisation remains that; as long as art remains a tool to mirror the society, those reflected negatively albeit sincerely will more often than not complain. This paper takes a critical look at the film Blood Diamonds, it analyses the elements of film production and their overall impact in realising the objective of the production as a whole. It runs through general criticism to give the overview of the viewers’ reception. The narrative in the film is not unusual but the delivery of the narrative sometimes could create a different image from the one originally intended, on this note the paper evaluates the impact of cinematic tools used by the director to achieve this end.
Analysis of criticisms and review
Plot.
Blood Diamond is a 2006 political war thriller film directed by Edward Zwick the renowned
SCHOOL OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF THEATER ARTS AND FILM UNIT NAME: KENYAN FILM CODE: MTF 519
Paper title: Criticism and reviews of the film Blood Diamond
PAPER PRESENTED BY; MICHAEL NJERU NYAGA REG : M66/CE/22669/2010 To: Dr. S. M . Otieno April 2012
Blood Diamond.
Introduction.
Film as a social medium is expected to narrative the narratives that emanate from within the environment we live in. Film has indeed been dedicated to telling the tale of man since it was born in 1895. The film Blood Diamond endeavours to tell to the world the story of post colonial Africa to highlight as it were the challenges that bedevil Africa. Many critics have complained that the world cinema is unfair to Africa because more often than not it portrays Africa negatively. On eighth December 2006 Blood Diamond added to the list of films about Africa done by non-Africans. When all is said and done about Africa as perceived through film the principal generalisation remains that; as long as art remains a tool to mirror the society, those reflected negatively albeit sincerely will more often than not complain. This paper takes a critical look at the film Blood Diamonds, it analyses the elements of film production and their overall impact in realising the objective of the production as a whole. It runs through general criticism to give the overview of the viewers’ reception. The narrative in the film is not unusual but the delivery of the narrative sometimes could create a different image from the one originally intended, on this note the paper evaluates the impact of cinematic tools used by the director to achieve this end.
Analysis of criticisms and review
Plot.
Blood Diamond is a 2006 political war thriller film directed by Edward Zwick the renowned